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Rise to Freedom is a faith-based personal growth podcast for women seeking healing, encouragement, and emotional freedom.Hosted by Author and Certified Forgiveness Coach Cecilia Columbus, each episode offers faith-filled reflection and practical encouragement to help you…
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How to Heal From What Hurt You and Stop Letting the Past Keep You Stuck (opens the original)
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How do you heal from past hurt when the person who hurt you never apologizes, changes, or gives you closure? In this episode of the Rise to Freedom Podcast , Cecilia Columbus explores what it means to take responsibility for your healing without taking responsibility for what happened to you. Inspired by Chapter 1 of her book, Breaking the Chains: Finding Healing, Forgiveness, and Freedom in God , Cecilia shares how unresolved hurt, rejection, church hurt, abuse, unforgiveness, and limiting beli
How to Know When to Keep Going or Let Go | Trusting God Through Adversity (opens the original)
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How do you know when to keep going, pivot, wait, or let go? In this episode, Cecilia explores James 1 and the connection between adversity, perseverance, wisdom, and discernment. Sometimes we over-spiritualize every obstacle as a sign—but adversity isn’t always instruction. Freedom Moment: Endurance keeps you from quitting prematurely, but wisdom keeps you from persevering blindly. Follow Rise to Freedom Podcast for faith-based encouragement on healing, growth, identity, and purpose.
How to Trust God When You Don’t Know What’s Next (opens the original)
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How do you trust God when you don’t know what’s next? Sometimes we want God to show us the entire journey before we’re willing to take the next step. But faith often requires us to move without knowing exactly how everything will work out. In this episode of Rise to Freedom , Cecilia M. Columbus shares what she learned from walking through a painful season when she couldn’t see what God was doing or how the experience would develop her. She explores Proverbs 3:5–6 and 2 Timothy 1:7, the fear tha
How to Stop Hesitating and Take the Next Step God Is Calling You to Take (opens the original)
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Do you already know what you need to do—but keep hesitating to take the next step? Sometimes the problem isn’t that we need more direction. We already know. But fear, self-doubt, comparison, feeling unqualified, and waiting until we feel completely ready can keep us from acting on what we already know. In this episode of the Rise to Freedom Podcast , Cecilia shares a recent experience where an opportunity she had wanted finally showed up—and her first instinct was to give it to someone she thoug
How to Find Your Purpose and Become the Woman God Called You to Be (opens the original)
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Have you been trying so hard to become a better version of yourself that you haven’t stopped to recognize how much you’ve already grown? In this special 2-year anniversary and 172nd episode of the Rise to Freedom Podcast , Cecilia reflects on old journal entries, affirmations, and prayers from five and even twelve years ago—and discovers that the clues to her purpose were there all along. We’re talking about finding your God-given purpose, healing from the past, trusting God, recognizing persona
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