Godly Impact

By Stephanie Smith

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You want to be the best possible person, parent, or spouse. Yet sometimes it can be confusing how to do this. The "Godly Impact" podcast helps you grow your good intentions into godly impact. Your good intentions are like seeds that need soil, water, and sunshine. You will cultivate rich soil by learning how God designed people through Biblical principles and modern research. You will discover good insights on how to apply this knowledge to your specific situations. You have an immeasurable, eternal, and irreplaceable impact. The "Godly Impact" podcast will help you make it count for good. You will appreciate the combination of depth and winsomeness, authority and vulnerability of your host, Stephanie Smith. A wife, mom, mother-in-law, and Nana, Stephanie is a speaker and writer who loves helping others flourish. Learn more at her website, https://www.stephaniepresents.com/

Episode Date
Is Love Blinding You?
Feb 24, 2026
The Dark Side of Storytelling
Feb 17, 2026
Clearing Out Our Headspace
Feb 10, 2026
What's Your Story?
Feb 03, 2026
What Star Is Guiding You?
Dec 30, 2025
A Pig, A Poem, and a Powerful Christmas Lesson
Dec 23, 2025
Can’t Live With Them. Can’t Live Without Them.
Dec 16, 2025
Hiding in Plain Sight
Dec 09, 2025
Common Sense: Don't Drive Without It
Dec 02, 2025
Rescue Gratitude from the Closet of Good Intentions
Nov 26, 2025
How to Stay Afloat When Change Hits Unexpectedly
Nov 18, 2025
Seven Ways You Help or Hinder Someone's Change
Nov 11, 2025
Is Empathy Fostering Anxiety?
Nov 04, 2025
The #1 Obstacle to Change
Oct 28, 2025
Three Common, Harmful Ideas About Change
Oct 21, 2025
Five Ways to Face Overwhelm
Oct 14, 2025
What Envy Revealed about My Imagination
Oct 07, 2025
The Plot Twist Happy Relationships Depend On
Sep 30, 2025
Beyond the BFF
Sep 23, 2025
Why Pleasure Won't Sustain a Relationship
Sep 16, 2025
Own This Or You'll Regret It
Sep 09, 2025
How Many Differences Does It Takes to Break a Relationship?
Sep 02, 2025
Reduce Your Conflict with This Childhood Trait
Aug 26, 2025
The Trouble with a Nail in the Head
Aug 19, 2025
What's Behind Door #1 and Why It Matters
Aug 12, 2025
Faith: What's Home Got to Do With It?
Aug 05, 2025
Why Youth Are Leaving the Faith, Part 3
Jul 29, 2025
Why Youth Are Leaving the Faith, Part 2
Jul 22, 2025
Why Youth Are Leaving the Faith, Part 1
Jul 15, 2025
More Than You Can Imagine Being or Doing
Jul 08, 2025
Crack the Code for a Heroic Life with Audrey Rindlisbacher
Jul 01, 2025
Do Actions Always Speak Louder Than Words?
Jun 24, 2025
Why is This Question Crucial for Adults & Kids?
Jun 17, 2025
Why Do You Want That?
Jun 10, 2025
Aisle 13 and What Do You Want?
Jun 03, 2025
Anxiety, Fear, Conflict? This Tool is a Must!
May 27, 2025
The Popular Phrase Harming Christian Parents
May 20, 2025
Callings Don't Leave When Your Kids Do
May 13, 2025
Empty Nest, Full Next
May 06, 2025
Help! It's an Adolescent Brain!
Apr 29, 2025
Your Story, Your Style, His Ending, with Cindy Egger
Apr 22, 2025
When Good Isn't Good Enough with Cindy Egger
Apr 15, 2025
Michelle Ruddell on Do and Don't with Hurting People
Apr 08, 2025
Reaching for Joy With a Broken Heart with Michelle Ruddell
Apr 01, 2025
Too Much Information? A Sober Warning from the Bible
Mar 25, 2025
Fight Like a Girl -- With God on Your Side! Kim Hardy, Part 2
Mar 18, 2025
Great Hope in Great Loss with Kim Hardy, Part 1
Mar 11, 2025
What Just Happened?! Resolving Hidden Triggers in Conflict with Donna Scott
Mar 04, 2025
Honey, I Shrunk the Conflict with Donna Scott
Feb 25, 2025
Breaking Up With Insecurity, Cheryl Lutz, Part 2
Feb 18, 2025
When "Perfect" Fails: Cheryl Lutz, Part 1
Feb 11, 2025
Why We Need to Ditch Four Popular "Christian" Phrases
Feb 04, 2025
Ditch the Diet: Christine Trimpe on Finding Lasting Joy and Health
Jan 28, 2025
Surrender, Sugar, and Transformation: Christine Trimpe's Journey, Part 1
Jan 21, 2025
Three "G's" Worth Tattooing On Your Heart
Jan 14, 2025
The Most Joyous or Stressful Time of Year?
Dec 17, 2024
Don't Count on an Angelic Encounter to Grow Your Faith
Dec 10, 2024
When Advent Leaves You Exhausted
Dec 05, 2024
When We Need a Little Christmas Right This Very Minute
Dec 03, 2024
10 Creative Ways to Cultivate Gratitude in Kids
Nov 28, 2024
Five Ways to Avoid the High Cost of Ingratitude
Nov 26, 2024
Daily Ways to Draw Children to God
Nov 21, 2024
What's Wrong with "Christianity Isn't About Rules, but Relationship?"
Nov 19, 2024
Be Empowered to Be Proactive On Tough Topics
Nov 14, 2024
You're a Victim of Identity Theft Whether You Know It or Not
Nov 12, 2024
Talk Smart to Your Kids with Axis
Nov 07, 2024
Which Conspiracy Side Are You On?
Nov 05, 2024
10 Ways to Put Attitudes in Their Place
Oct 31, 2024
What the Parrot Saw: Shaping Attitudes in Trying Times
Oct 29, 2024
Nurturing a Strong Identity and Faith through Creativity
Oct 24, 2024
I'm Going Political -- and Biblical
Oct 22, 2024
What Parents Can Learn from Doctor Dolittle
Oct 17, 2024
The Last Beatitude and My Decision to Do Drugs
Oct 15, 2024
The Hidden Link Between Humility and Rest: A Guide for Parents
Oct 10, 2024
Jesus Said We Could Be What?!
Oct 08, 2024
Teaching Kids the Dangers of Too Little and Too Much
Oct 04, 2024
Seven Letters that Make All the Difference
Oct 01, 2024
Helping Kids Pick the Right Fork
Sep 26, 2024
What the World Needs Now
Sep 24, 2024
Follow Your Passion! But First, Clean Your Room.
Sep 19, 2024
When Hungering for Approval Is Good
Sep 17, 2024
Why Your Kid's Name Matters
Sep 12, 2024
Meekness at the DMV
Sep 10, 2024
Designed or Derived? What's the Difference?
Sep 05, 2024
How Is Mourning Part of the Abundant Life?
Sep 03, 2024
How Space Shuttles and Popcorn Teach Humility
Aug 29, 2024
I Don't Want to be Poor! Or do I?
Aug 27, 2024
Why Kids Need a "Do" List
Aug 22, 2024
How "Bossy" Is Your Faith?
Aug 20, 2024
Chocolate Chip Cookies & Character
Aug 15, 2024
It's Possible, But Rare, to Finish Well
Aug 13, 2024
Capacity, Confidence & Great Commandment #1
Aug 08, 2024
Is Worship About God's Ego?
Aug 06, 2024
Let's Eat Cake!
Aug 01, 2024
If You Build It, Who Should Come?
Jul 30, 2024
What’s at Stake in Teaching Kids Repentance?
Jul 25, 2024
The Nitty-Gritty of Restoring Relationships, Steps 3-5
Jul 23, 2024
Is "I'm Sorry" Good for Kids Or Not?
Jul 18, 2024
The Nitty-Gritty of Restoring Relationships, Steps 1-2
Jul 16, 2024
Should Obedience Be Rewarded?
Jul 11, 2024
Can You Influence God’s “Perfect” Timing?
Jul 09, 2024
How Joy Will Influence Your Child's Faith & Life
Jul 04, 2024
What's the Connection Between Holiness, Joy, and Freedom?
Jul 02, 2024
Does "Family Bible Study" Make You Cringe?
Jun 27, 2024
When Not to Take a Break!
Jun 25, 2024
Five More Ways Strength Optimizes Safety
Jun 20, 2024
Knowing God’s Will: Possible or Presumptuous?
Jun 18, 2024
Keeping Kids Safe Through Strength
Jun 13, 2024
How Important Are Singers, Anyway?
Jun 11, 2024
Four More Ways Kids Develop Self-Esteem
Jun 06, 2024
The Four Questions Courageous People Ask
Jun 04, 2024
How to Grow Healthy Self-Esteem in Kids, Part 1
May 30, 2024
When Success Threatens
May 28, 2024
Avoiding One of the Worst Parenting Practices
May 23, 2024
The Four-Letter Word that Must Be Said
May 21, 2024
Raising All Kids to Lead
May 16, 2024
Superb Leader or Effective Tyrant?
May 14, 2024
The Danger of Overemphasizing Respect for Authority
May 09, 2024
Recovering from Leaders Who Fail
May 07, 2024
Prepared or Paranoid? Raising Kids for the Real World
May 02, 2024
Four Keys to Responding to Church Hurt
Apr 30, 2024
Boundaries, Power Struggles, and Calling Out. Oh My!
Apr 25, 2024
What Emily Dickinson and Nehemiah Had in Common
Apr 23, 2024
Sticks, Stones, and Texting
Apr 18, 2024
Success Can Make You a Target, Not a Star
Apr 16, 2024
Make ‘em Work!
Apr 11, 2024
Four Leadership Guidelines When You Need Cooperation
Apr 10, 2024
Turning Chaos Into Calm Is Possible
Apr 04, 2024
Getting People on Board the Right Way
Apr 02, 2024
Empowering Tots to Teens With Goals
Mar 28, 2024
Three Practices That Will Sabotage Your Goals
Mar 26, 2024
Three Ancient Practices to Raise Empowered Kids
Mar 21, 2024
Be Prepared if You Challenge the Status Quo
Mar 19, 2024
Why Your Kids Need a Bold Ask
Mar 14, 2024
Can You Say What You Want?
Mar 12, 2024
Teach Your Kids to Pray the Six-Steps Model
Mar 07, 2024
Feel Empathy, then Pray Powerfully in Six Steps
Mar 05, 2024
Divine Clues, Name Calling, and Three Strikes
Dec 21, 2023
Truth Bearer or Beater?
Dec 14, 2023
It's Complicated. Fear, Truth, and Betrayal, Part 1
Dec 07, 2023
Preparing to Get Punched In the Mouth and Gut
Nov 30, 2023
The Last Person You'd Invite to Thanksgiving
Nov 23, 2023
What Parting Words Would You Say?
Nov 16, 2023
Does God Want to Erase Us?
Nov 09, 2023
Prophecy, Real Growth, or Repeating Behaviors
Nov 02, 2023
A Miracle Might Get You on a Kill List
Oct 26, 2023
Rolling Stones, Linen Strips, and Tattletales
Oct 19, 2023
Why Was Jesus Wasting His Time Weeping?
Oct 12, 2023
The "Other" Martha Story Worth Copying
Oct 05, 2023
Know When to Stay. Know When to Go.
Sep 28, 2023
Whose Guarding You From Thieves and Wolves?
Sep 21, 2023
The Power -- and Cost -- of Your Story
Sep 14, 2023
Your Transformation May Turn People Against You
Sep 07, 2023
Here's Mud in Your Eye!
Aug 31, 2023
Is Curiosity an Antidote to Narcissism?
Aug 24, 2023
One Wrong Theological Idea Can Turn People Away From Truth
Aug 17, 2023
Frequent Feasts, Sarcastic Siblings, and Divine Timing
Aug 10, 2023
Weird Statements, Whiners, and the Cost of Truth
Aug 03, 2023
Leftovers, Approval, and Life after Death
Jul 27, 2023
Do Weak Prayers Annoy God? Ask Ruth Hovsepian!
Jul 20, 2023
Stones or Support? What Ruth Hovsepian's Story Teaches Us
Jul 13, 2023
Why Did Jesus Focus More on Bad Theology than Pagan Beliefs?
Jul 06, 2023
Pain (Can) Have a Payoff
Jun 29, 2023
You Want to Know What Really Changes People?
Jun 22, 2023
What John the Baptist Might Say About Our Modern Platforms
Jun 15, 2023
Do You Find the Setting for the Most Famous Bible Verse Strange?
Jun 08, 2023
What Nick at Night Can Teach Us
Jun 01, 2023
Trouble at the Temple!
May 25, 2023
Would You Whine Over Wine at a Wedding?
May 18, 2023
Nine Words Which Changed History
May 11, 2023
The Most Life-Shaping Story You'll Ever Tell
May 04, 2023
How to Win Friends and Catch a Spouse
Apr 27, 2023
Before Austen's Emma, There Was Naomi
Apr 20, 2023
Ruth Would Wear Cowgirl Boots Today
Apr 13, 2023
Jesus Screamed Why, Too
Apr 06, 2023
Would Churches Empty or Overflow If We Followed Naomi's Lead?
Mar 30, 2023
What's With all the Tragic Endings?
Mar 23, 2023
Is That Apology Real?
Mar 16, 2023
What Bible Story Is Seldom Taught at Marriage Conferences?
Mar 09, 2023
Where Fatigue and Fear Can Take You
Mar 02, 2023
Think You Know the David & Goliath Story?
Feb 23, 2023
Are You Hiding Behind Baggage?
Feb 16, 2023
Your Calling, Ordinary Tasks, and Letting Others Go
Feb 09, 2023
How Fear Makes You Vulnerable to Misuse What is Sacred
Feb 02, 2023
Boneheaded, Broken & Barren
Jan 26, 2023
Want to Come Along for a Grand Adventure?
Jan 19, 2023
What's Your North Star?
Jan 05, 2023
The Wicked Wicks of Advent--Bonus Episode
Dec 22, 2022
Five Questions to Help You Avoid Bad Advice
Dec 08, 2022
Making Thanksgiving a Year-Around Practice
Nov 24, 2022
Hyenas, The Circle of Life, and Truth
Nov 10, 2022
Does Your Common Sense Need Courage?
Oct 27, 2022
You've Got Impact
Oct 13, 2022
Truth Can Set You Free
Sep 21, 2022