Your Next, Best Step

About Your Next, Best Step

Faith-forward wellness for busy Christian women—science and Scripture in 15 minutes for energy, peace, and follow-through. Your life is full, and you still want to feel better. Welcome to Your Next, Best Step, the bite-sized podcast for women who want real transformation without perfectionism or a complicated overhaul. I'm Coach Janet Jaecksch (Coach Janet J), a Christian integrative wellness and life coach who helps women integrate biblical truth with evidence-based wellness and neuroscience—turning it into doable next steps. In each 15-minute episode (new Mon/Wed/Fri), you'll get one practical next step rooted in one of the four pillars of health: mental, emotional, physical, or spiritual wellness. Expect micro-habits, nervous-system resets, stress and overwhelm tools, hydration and sleep wins, boundaries that actually stick, and grace-filled mindset shifts—grounded in credible science and anchored in biblical truth. Tap Follow and take today's next, best step with God—one small action at a time. Educational content only; not medical advice.

Publisher

Janet J.

Category

education · religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Oct 2025

Latest episode

21 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

316 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   21 Oct 2026

   Episode 158: Grown-Up Play

   When was the last time you did something purely for fun? I mean real play, the kind where you lose track of time and forget to check your phone. For a lot of us, it has been longer than we would like to admit. Somewhere in the years of being the one everyone counts on, play got filed under "childish" or "later," and later never quite arrives. This episode looks at what goes missing when grown women stop playing, and what comes back when we start again. You will hear: Why play tends to disappe...

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   20 Oct 2026

   BONUS: You Do Not Need a Gratitude Journal (YNBS 157)

   Is it really true to get the benefit of practicing that you have to have a perfect streak of doing it daily? And is that gratitude journal really necessary? The answer might surprise you. Join me for the full companion episode "Gratitude, One Year Later" where we look at the surprising research on expressing gratitude, and one doable way to finally put it into words. Ready for your next step? FREE 5-Minute Daily Reset (instant download): YourNextBestStep.com Weekly encouragement + pract...

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   19 Oct 2026

   Episode 157: Gratitude, One Year Later

   There is a thank-you you have been carrying for about a year now. You know exactly who it is for. And for one reason or another, you have never said it out loud. This episode is about what happens when you finally do, and why it counts even more than you would guess. You will walk away able to: Spot the one person from this past year who carried you when it countedUnderstand why a single, honest thank-you does real good, with no daily routine requiredFeel free to express gratitude even to som...

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