You lead (or you want to). You serve. You carry a lot.
And sometimes? You wonder if you’re losing yourself in the process.
Welcome to the Faithful Shift Podcast — a space for women who lead with conviction but need space to breathe. Whether you’re in ministry, business, community leadership, or navigating influence at home, this show is here to help you lead with clarity, courage, and Kingdom impact — without burning out.
Hosted by Kendall Appleton — Leadership coach in the making, recovering perfectionist, and follower of Jesus learning to slow down — each episode blends practical leadership tools with real-life struggles, stories, and spiritual depth. It’s equal parts strategy and soul care, with biblical truth woven through every shift.
If you’re a high-capacity woman who’s tired of striving, hungry to grow, and ready to lead from a place of wholeness…
You’re in the right place.
Let’s make the shift — together.
Sometimes the problem isn't that we don't know what God's asking of us — it's that we don't like the answer. In this Season 3 opener, Kendall walks through Jonah, the rich young ruler, and James 1 to draw the line between genuinely not knowing and dressing disobedience up as discernment. If something's been surfacing for months and you keep praying for more clarity instead of taking the next step, this one's for you. Four questions to help you sort it out, and the courage to actually move. Sc...
11 Aug 2026
He Who Began A Good Work
This is it — the last episode of this season, and I've been sitting on this news for weeks. In this episode, I share: Two new callings I've stepped into: Kansas State Representative for Celebrate Recovery, and Campus Discipleship Leader at my churchWhy Faithful Shift is taking a two-month break — and why it's not a goodbye, it's a pruning season (I'll be writing and recording behind the scenes so we come back strong)Two things launching from Faithful Shift: a Designed on Purpose 1:1 coaching ...
4 Aug 2026
Designed on Purpose Part 3 - More Like Jesus
"God is not asking you to become a different person. He's asking you to become a more surrendered version of the person He created you to be." We made it to the final episode of Designed on Purpose — and this week we answer the question the whole series has been building toward: Now what? You know your strengths. You've stared down some blind spots. You understand your wiring better than you did three weeks ago. So what do you actually do with all of it? The answer is stewardship — and stewar...
28 Jul 2026
Designed on Purpose Part 2 - Blind Spots
The most dangerous blind spot isn't the one you have. It's the one you're unwilling to look at. Here's what makes blind spots so sneaky: they almost never hide in your weaknesses. They hide right next to your greatest strengths. Confidence tips into arrogance. Discernment sharpens into criticism. Drive curdles into performance. The very thing God uses most in you becomes the very thing that trips you — and you're the last one to see it. In Episode 2 of Designed on Purpose, I'm telling on myse...
21 Jul 2026
Designed on Purpose Part 1 - Tools Not Labels
Jesus didn't die so you could become the healthiest version of your Enneagram type. He died so you could become more like Him. I love personality assessments. The Enneagram, Myers-Briggs, Working Genius, APEST, StrengthsFinder, spiritual gifts inventories — I've taken all of them, probably twice. But somewhere between "this helps me understand myself" and "this explains why I don't have to change," we cross a line. A tool becomes a label. A label becomes an identity. And an identity becomes a...
14 Jul 2026
What Recovery Taught Me About Leading
Some of the best leadership lessons don't come from a conference stage. They come from sitting in circles with people honest enough to tell the truth. This week on Faithful Shift, Kendall makes the case that recovery isn't really about addiction — it's about transformation. And the same principles that free people from destructive cycles will free leaders from pride, isolation, performance, and burnout. Whether you lead a team, a ministry, a family, a business, or just yourself, these five pr...
7 Jul 2026
Discipline. Desire. Delight. (Part 2)
Get your free 'Faithful Shift Weekly Reset' here: https://faithful-shift.kit.com/home You've been showing up. You've been doing the work. So why don't you feel anything yet? Part Two of this series picks up right where we left off — and gets into the questions nobody wants to sit with. What do you do when the dry season lasts longer than expected? What happens when your emotions are telling you one thing and God is asking something else? And why might "follow your heart" be some of the most d...
30 Jun 2026
Discipline. Desire. Delight. (Part 1)
Get your free 'Faithful Shift Weekly Reset' here: https://faithful-shift.kit.com/home You've been waiting to want it. But what if the wanting was never supposed to come first? In this episode of Faithful Shift — inspired by a conversation in Kendall's Wednesday morning Coffee with Christ group — we're talking about one of the most misunderstood truths in the spiritual life: desire doesn't lead discipline. Discipline leads desire. If you've been waiting to feel motivated before you pray, waiti...
23 Jun 2026
When God Doesn't Give You The Whole Plan
Get your free 'Faithful Shift Weekly Reset' here: https://faithful-shift.kit.com/home You've been waiting on God. But what if God has been waiting on you? In this episode of Faithful Shift, Kendall gets honest about one of the sneakiest ways fear keeps women stuck — and why we keep calling it wisdom. If you've been "almost ready" for three years, have seventeen browser tabs open about a dream you haven't started, or have ever asked God for just one more sign before you'll move — this one is f...
16 Jun 2026
Stop Letting Your Emotions Drive
Your feelings are real. But real isn't the same as reliable. In this episode, we're digging into emotional reasoning, mood-driven spirituality, and what it actually looks like to be emotionally mature as a follower of Jesus. Because the goal was never to feel less — it's to feel deeply without letting your emotions run the show. If you've ever quit something, sent that text, assumed the worst, or pulled away from God because of how you felt — this one's for you. Key Scriptures: Jeremiah 17:9 ...
9 Jun 2026
Contentment Without Complacency
Have you ever felt torn between being grateful for what God has given you and still wanting to grow? In this episode of Faithful Shift, we're talking about the difference between contentment, complacency, and chronic dissatisfaction. We'll explore why comparison steals our joy, how social media distorts our perspective, and what Scripture teaches about being thankful for today's season while still pressing forward into what God has for us next. If you've ever found yourself thinking, "I'll be...
1 Jun 2026
What You Feed Grows
You are being formed by something. This episode dives into Romans 8, Galatians 6, and the reality that whatever we repeatedly feed—emotionally, mentally, and spiritually—eventually grows. We talk about addiction, performance, control, anxiety, healing, and how small faithful shifts can slowly lead us back to life and peace.
23 May 2026
The Danger of Empty Transformation
In this episode of Faithful Shift, we unpack Matthew 12:43–45 and the danger of looking spiritually “put together” while internally running on empty. We talk about burnout, recovery, performance, people-pleasing, and why behavior change without surrender will never truly satisfy the soul.
30 May 2025
When Giving Your All Becomes Too Much (Part 2)
When Giving You All Becomes Too Much - Part 2: Two Tools to Help You Live Faithful, Not Frantic If your calendar is full but your soul feels empty… this episode is for you. Today we move from soul awareness to soul strategy—walking through two practical, gospel-rooted tools that will help you stop spiraling, set wise boundaries, and actually lead your life again. I’m sharing the exact frameworks I use in my own rhythms: the Faithful Framework (Have To / Get To / Want To) and the Discernment G...
21 May 2025
When Giving Your All Becomes Too Much
You’re showing up, doing what’s asked, carrying all the things… and still going to bed wondering why it’s not enough. If your calendar is packed but your soul feels empty, this episode is your wake-up call. In Part 1, we’ll name what’s underneath the burnout, explore what Scripture really says about your limits, and ask the question most high-capacity women never stop to ask: Did God even ask me to carry this? Because faithfulness shouldn’t feel like slow-motion collapse.
14 May 2025
Rooted Identity
What if your exhaustion isn’t from doing too much… but from living disconnected from who you really are? In this powerful, raw, and deeply personal episode, we’re exposing the subtle lies that keep you hustling for approval, performing faith instead of living it, and chasing roles instead of walking in your true identity. We’ll unpack: 🌱 How identity gets quietly hijacked by performance, pressure, and people-pleasing 🌱 Why even ministry can become a mask when we’re not groun...
7 May 2025
Abide In The Chaos
You were never meant to visit Jesus once a day. In this episode, Kendall unpacks what abiding really means—outside the latte-and-highlighters version we’ve all tried to force. From the chaos of real life to the neuroscience of staying rooted, this one’s packed with truth, grit, and 10 powerful ways to stay with Jesus when everything else feels loud.
30 Apr 2025
Healing While You Lead
Healing doesn’t always look like closure. Sometimes it looks like walking with a limp and trusting God anyway. In this episode, we unpack what true healing is, how it intersects with leadership, and why Jesus often heals through the process—not just the miracle. Download the Philippians 4:8 Filter Here
22 Apr 2025
Rest That Feels Wrong
You’re exhausted… but rest feels like failure. In this first episode of the Faithful Shift Podcast, we’re talking about why rest makes high-capacity women squirm, what Scripture actually says about it, and how to reclaim rest as a strategy, not a reward. It’s honest. It’s a little messy. And it just might be the reset your soul’s been craving.
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