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Have you ever felt a gut nudge and immediately wondered, “Is that God… or is that me?”
In this episode of the Freedom Camp Podcast, we explore intuition as one of the ways God speaks and how discernment helps us respond with wisdom, not emotional urgency.

You’ll learn:

• A simple framework: intuition = noticing, discernment = responding
• Why “filters” matter (roles, personality wiring, trauma responses, family dynamics, expectations, people-pleasing)
• Three grounding checks to help you discern what you’re hearing:
  • Fruit Check (Philippians 4:8)
  • Nervous System Check (relief vs clarity)
  • Time Check (Scripture, counsel, regulation, and space)
• A short listening exercise to practice hearing God with more clarity and trust

Want the free one-page Weekly Listening PDF? Email me at gretchenknode@gmail.com with “PDF” in the subject line.

Journal Questions

• What filters might be shaping what I’m hearing?
• Is this leading me toward love, truth, humility, courage, obedience, peace… or toward control, fear, performing, panic, people-pleasing?
• Am I deciding to get relief, or to gain clarity?
• Do I need time, godly counsel, Scripture, and nervous system regulation before responding?
• What did I notice during the listening exercise?
• What patterns help me recognize God’s voice over time?

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In today’s episode, we’re talking about discernment, presence, and peace and what it really means to be at peace in your spirit even when your mind, body, and circumstances haven’t caught up yet.

Sometimes when we’re in a season that requires discernment, we may feel spiritually anchored, yet our nervous system is activated, our thoughts are racing, and our emotions are trying to make decisions for us just to get relief from discomfort.

In this episode, we explore how:
• Discernment doesn’t begin with answers, it begins with presence
• Spiritual peace doesn’t always mean emotional or physical calm
• A regulated nervous system creates space for discernment
• God’s peace meets us inside uncomfortable situations

We reflect on key Scriptures about discernment, including:

Psalm 46:10
Hebrews 5:14
Philippians 1:9–10
1 Kings 3
1 John 4:1

This episode is an invitation to slow down, breathe, and let God guide your next step through peace-led clarity.

If this conversation stirred something in you, I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments.

And if you’re craving deeper identity, resilience, and spiritual growth in real life, this is the kind of work we walk through together inside Freedom Camp. You can join the email list here https://gretchen-knode.mykajabi.com/freedom-camp-email-list

Use these for personal reflection, journaling, or prayer:

• What are you emotionally reacting to right now?
• What decision could you pause instead of push?
• What feels safer — to observe or to fix?
• Where do you sense spiritual peace, with emotional, physical, or mental tension?

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In this episode of the Freedom Camp Podcast, we explore the quiet, inherited roles many of us grew up carrying… and how they’ve shaped the way we see ourselves, respond to others, and move through the world.

Not from blame or shame
But from compassion, clarity, and freedom.

We look at roles like fixer, peacemaker, eldest daughter, achiever, caretaker, invisible one, and explore how they may have once protected us… but now subconsciously limit who we believe we’re allowed to become.

This episode invites you to ask:

• Is this my identity…
• or is this just a story I learned to live inside?

Then we shift from self-observation to God-spoken identity.

Because culture names roles.
Family assigns responsibilities.
Experience shapes coping.

But God names identity. God names who He created us to be.

And His voice is the one that heals, restores, and calls us forward.

We anchor this conversation in Isaiah 43, a passage of belonging, redemption, worth, and calling, and invite you to read it personally, slowly, as if God is speaking to you by name.

If you’re in a season where your lived experience feels louder than God’s truth… you are not alone. Identity healing is slow, holy work, and it rarely happens in isolation.

That’s part of why Freedom Camp exists.

Round 1 in this second year of Freedom Camp, is focused on awakening identity not the one life trained you to carry, but the one God has already spoken over you. If this work resonates and you’d like to walk it out with a community of women doing the same, you can learn more or join the waitlist through the link below.

You are called by name.
You belong to Him.

Learn more about Freedom Camp or join the waitlist
https://agileinitiatives.com/freedom-camp/

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