Immeasurably More Than All We Ask or Imagine | Leadership Retreat Roundtable
For the first time ever, we recorded with the team in person—from our Leadership Retreat in Colorado Springs! Join us (plus Sam, Amber, Jill, Tracy, Kelsey, and Lauren) for a cozy, honest roundtable.
We talk about the moment each of us got brave, how community breaks shame, and the surprising ways love, joy, and peace grow when alcohol isn’t running the show.
Whether you’re just getting curious or already walking your own alcohol exodus, this one’s rich with real-life stories, practical shifts, and Scripture-rooted encouragement.
📘 What you’ll learn in this episode:
- From “stuck” to starting: Why the first step is the hardest, and how surrender (not control) actually moves you forward.
- Breaking shame in community: How saying it out loud with safe people dismantles isolation and accelerates healing (Romans 12:2 vibes).
- Everyday proof of change: Driving the rental car, offering to be DD, cooking dinner with joy, early mornings with God, what freedom looks like IRL.
- Finding real LJP (Love, Joy, Peace): The quiet practices that replace the evening pour—prayer, needlepoint/creative work, a walk, a mocktail, joyful movement, Scripture.
- The stories that kept us stuck: “I need it to relax,” “I’ll lose friends,” “What if I can’t change?”—and what God revealed on the other side.
- Marriage & friendships: Why connection deepens (not shrinks) when alcohol isn’t mediating the relationship.
- A better-than-expected life: Ephesians 3:16–20 in action—how God keeps doing immeasurably more than we asked or imagined.
🕊️ Scripture woven through:
- Romans 12:2 — Don’t conform; be transformed.
- Ephesians 3:16–20 — Immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine.
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Christy, a former lawyer with a background in law, business, and politics, experienced radical renewal after choosing sobriety. Now a senior sobriety coach and author of Love Life Sober (Penguin Random House), she helps women renew their minds and rediscover joy through a powerful blend of faith, neuroscience, and practical tools.
Meade, a former pharmaceutical rep and stay-at-home mom, looked like she had it all together—but felt stuck in a nightly-ish wine habit. Once she realized the issue was less about drinking and more about thinking, everything changed. Now a senior certified coach and creator of the Change-Your-Thinking-to-Change-Your-Drinking method and The Missing P.E.A.C.E. framework, Meade helps women ditch shame, reclaim purpose, and live with peace and joy.
Together, we create loving, Spirit-led spaces where women can explore their relationship with alcohol, renew their minds, and pursue the freedom they were made for.
Christy lives in Surrey, England; Meade outside Atlanta. We're just two women who surrendered our wine glasses, found something far better in Jesus, and now have the joy of helping others do the same.
