Hey, sweet friends! 💚

I'm popping into your podcast feed with a quick bonus episode because I have a favor to ask. 😊

If you're a Christian woman who's walked through a difficult season—whether it's chronic illness, an autoimmune disease, infertility, miscarriage, anxiety, depression, grief, burnout, financial hardship, divorce, parenting challenges, caregiving, job loss, or any season that challenged your faith—I would LOVE to hear from you.

God has been stirring something new in my heart, and before I build it, I want to hear from real women with real stories. Your feedback will help shape what's next for this ministry. 🤘

📝 Take my brief survey here:
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🎁 Everyone who completes the survey by Friday, July 10, 2026 at 12:00 PM EST will be entered into a drawing for $10 as a little thank-you!

And if another Christian woman comes to mind while you're listening, would you share the survey with her too? 💚

The more stories I hear, the better I can serve women walking through life's hardest seasons.

Thank you for always showing up, cheering me on, and being such an incredible part of the What the Heaven? family. I appreciate you more than you know. 😊💚🤘

Have you ever done everything right… and still felt like your faith was barely holding on?

Welcome to What the Heaven? — a Christian podcast for women navigating hard seasons, wrestling with doubt, and refusing to let go of God anyway.

Want to go even deeper? Join The Fire Collective on Substack — where I share extended devotionals, personal essays, and exclusive content for women who want more than Sunday-morning faith. Subscribe here →

Every Friday, host Riley Shour brings you raw, honest conversations about the real struggles Christian women face — loneliness, church hurt, faith deconstruction, anxiety, identity in Christ, unanswered prayer, and the exhausting gap between believing and actually living it.

This isn't a podcast about having perfect faith. It's about faith that fights.

Each episode takes your hardest feelings straight to Scripture — because your feelings are real, God's Word is final, and following Jesus was never meant to be surface-level.

Whether you're in a season of doubt, recovering from church hurt, struggling with your identity in Christ, or just trying to figure out what biblical faith looks like in your actual everyday life — you're in the right place.

At What the Heaven? we believe God didn't call you to shrink.

He called you to do the hard and holy things.

Even when it's lonely.

Even when it costs something.

Even when you're not sure how it ends.

Topics we cover:

• Christian faith and doubt

• Church hurt and spiritual healing

• Identity in Christ and spiritual growth

• Loneliness, anxiety, and mental health from a biblical perspective

• Prayer, Scripture, and everyday Christian living

• Encouragement for women in hard life seasons

• Faith deconstruction and rebuilding your relationship with God

• God's purpose and calling for women

New episodes every Friday

Hit follow and bring your real self. Because friend — you were made to do the hard and holy things. 🔥✝️🤘

📖 Want more? The hard and holy conversation goes deeper on Substack — join our community The Fire Collective exclusively for paid subscribers. Join The Fire Collective here →

—— 🎵 Music by The Atomic Age

In this emotional Season 2 finale of the What the Heaven? Podcast, Riley shares why she’s stepping into a summer of intentional growth with God — and why quiet seasons may be exactly where God strengthens us most.

If you’ve been feeling spiritually exhausted, creatively burned out, emotionally overwhelmed, or unsure what God is calling you into next, this episode is your reminder that rest is not weakness and hidden seasons are not wasted.

Together, we talk about:
✨ Christian personal growth
✨ Learning to hear God in quiet seasons
✨ Faith-filled encouragement for women
✨ Building a Christ-centered online business
✨ Rest, creativity, and avoiding burnout
✨ The story of Elijah in 1 Kings 19
✨ Growing closer to Jesus this summer
✨ Purposeful rest and spiritual renewal
✨ Christian motivation for women
✨ Finding clarity, confidence, and peace with God

Riley also shares her heart behind the What the Heaven? Podcast community and her vision for creating a safe, encouraging space for Christian women navigating faith, purpose, healing, creativity, and personal growth.

Whether you’re entering a season of rest, rebuilding, dreaming, or rediscovering your relationship with God, this episode will encourage you to slow down, reconnect with Jesus, and trust what He’s growing in the quiet.

New episodes return August 2026 for Season 3!

Until next time… keep your faith fiery and your eyes fixed on Jesus. 🤍

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Season 2 Episode 39 | Overwhelmed Christian Woman? Burnout Recovery & Building Better Routines (Proverbs 31:10-31)

Are you an overwhelmed Christian woman trying to balance work, marriage, faith, routines, mental exhaustion, and big dreams — while secretly feeling like you’re barely holding everything together?

In this honest and deeply encouraging episode of What the Heaven?, Riley Shour shares the hard conversation she and her husband recently had about discipline, burnout, overwhelm, stewardship, and the uncomfortable realization that life may not actually “slow down” before God asks us to grow.

If you’ve been:
• feeling stuck in survival mode
• emotionally exhausted and overwhelmed
• struggling to stay consistent
• trying to rebuild healthy routines
• balancing faith and real life responsibilities
• feeling behind in life
• struggling with discipline without falling into hustle culture
• trying to follow God while managing burnout, stress, or mental exhaustion
• rebuilding your relationship with structure, habits, and stewardship

…this episode is for you.

Together, we talk about:
• Proverbs 31 and the truth about biblical womanhood
• why discipline is deeply spiritual
• Christian burnout and emotional exhaustion
• how overwhelm affects your faith and routines
• building healthy systems in marriage and everyday life
• why purpose requires stewardship
• the difference between biblical rest and avoidance
• creating routines that support your calling
• becoming emotionally and spiritually stronger through hard seasons
• faith, discipline, and personal growth as a Christian woman

This is a conversation about faithful stewardship, emotional healing, realistic routines, and learning how to stop waiting for life to get easier before becoming intentional.

If you’re an exhausted woman trying to reconnect with God, rebuild your habits, and create a peaceful, purpose-filled life without perfectionism, you are not alone here.

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Welcome to What the Heaven? — a Christian podcast for women navigating hard seasons, wrestling with doubt, and refusing to let go of God anyway.

Want to go even deeper? Join The Fire Collective on Substack — where I share extended devotionals, personal essays, and exclusive content for women who want more than Sunday-morning faith. Subscribe here →

Every Friday, host Riley Shour brings you raw, honest conversations about the real struggles Christian women face — loneliness, church hurt, faith deconstruction, anxiety, identity in Christ, unanswered prayer, and the exhausting gap between believing and actually living it.

Each episode takes your hardest feelings straight to Scripture — because your feelings are real, God's Word is final, and following Jesus was never meant to be surface-level.

Whether you're in a season of doubt, recovering from church hurt, struggling with your identity in Christ, or just trying to figure out what biblical faith looks like in your actual everyday life — you're in the right place.

At What the Heaven? we believe God didn't call you to shrink.

He called you to do the hard and holy things.

Even when it's lonely.

Even when it costs something.

Even when you're not sure how it ends.

Topics we cover:

• Christian faith and doubt

• Church hurt and spiritual healing

• Identity in Christ and spiritual growth

• Loneliness, anxiety, and mental health from a biblical perspective

• Prayer, Scripture, and everyday Christian living

• Encouragement for women in hard life seasons

• Faith deconstruction and rebuilding your relationship with God

• God's purpose and calling for women

New episodes every Friday

Hit follow and bring your real self. Because friend — you were made to do the hard and holy things. 🔥✝️🤘

📖 Want more? The hard and holy conversation goes deeper on Substack — join our community The Fire Collective exclusively for paid subscribers. Join The Fire Collective here →

—— 🎵 Music by The Atomic Age