Before you make resolutions… 🎧
Hi beloved,
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how easy it is — especially this time of year — to slip into planning mode, fixing mode, striving mode. You know… that subtle feeling of:
“If I can just get myself together, then I’ll finally feel how I’m supposed to feel.” 😒
🎧 I recorded a voice-memo–style podcast episode about this on on your Tribe Beloved Love Notes podcast feed. You can listen right here.
But something kept bubbling up in my heart this week, and I wanted to share it with you like I would with a close friend:
- Your wiring isn’t a mistake.
- Your personality isn’t a misfit piece of the puzzle. 🧩
- The way you process, feel, decide, rest, speak, refuel — none of that is random.
It’s design.
It’s intentional.
It’s God’s creativity expressed through you.
Hi, I’m the loud one 📢🫣
I had this funny memory pop up of someone once calling me “the loud Courtney,” and for years I carried that as something I needed to tone down or apologize for. 😳
But the Holy Spirit has been so kind to remind me that you can’t glorify God by trying to become someone He never designed.
And I wonder if you have your own version of that — a part of your personality you’ve treated like a flaw instead of a feature.
So here’s the question that’s been nudging my heart:
👉What part of your personality do you want to celebrate this week?
- Not fix.
- Not shrink.
- Not justify.
- Just… celebrate.
🎧If you want a little encouragement around this, I recorded a short voice-note-style episode about honoring your God-given design. It’s real and simple — perfect for listening while you make tea or take a small walk.
👉 Listen here
Wanting something… more?
And if something in you is craving a warm, guided space to understand your wiring with God — and with other women who are figuring this out, too — you can hop on the waitlist for the God-Given Gifts Chat Circle. No pressure at all; it’s simply there if you feel a tug.
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Beloved, you don’t have to become a different version of yourself to be faithful.
You don’t have to contort to be acceptable. 🥨
You don’t have to wait for January to be aligned. ⏰
You already carry the fingerprints of the One who designed you. 👋
Take a breath today. Let yourself be loved as you are. ❤️
And maybe — just maybe — celebrate one small part of the woman God made you to be.
With you,
Cortney Loui
Christian life coach + speaker
Helping Christian women uncover their God-given gifts and wiring—so they can stop second-guessing and start living with joyful confidence.
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I’m Cortney, a recovering over-achiever and God’s beloved who loves helping fellow Christian women like you embrace your God-given gifts so you have the confidence to live authentically.
I’m also a full-time mama to two sweet little boys, wife to my best friend, motivational speaker, and part-time Christian life coach. Chai lattes, strong coffee, podcasts, yoga, dance, and fairy tales nourish my soul and add sweetness to life.
Discovering the joy of embracing my God-given gifts and who He created me to be was a game-changer—a journey that brought freedom, unexpected delights, and relief from guilt. Finally, I felt free to be myself and ditch the pressure of being someone I wasn’t.
Incorporating those gifts into my day—from weekly planning to deciding on commitments, nurturing my marriage, and parenting—transformed everything. Now, I can’t imagine life without the perspective of fully embracing who God created me to be. I was missing so much without it!
