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EPISODE · Mar 2, 2026 · 23 MIN

Fasting Is Not a Formula — It Is a Return to Hunger

from The Renewal Well · host Tiffany M Ruffner

This is a legacy episode, but the invitation is just as alive today.In this conversation, Coach Tiffany opens up about her personal history with fasting and what it truly means to pursue intimacy with God. Not as performance. Not as a display of spiritual intensity. Not as a shortcut to results. As alignment.Fasting is not about earning breakthrough. It is about revealing appetite. What are you actually hungry for? And what has quietly been feeding you in God’s place?Jesus said we do not live by bread alone, and yet so many of us are overfed on noise while our spirits sit quietly malnourished. You can be faithful and still distracted. You can be disciplined and still misaligned. Media, momentum, ministry responsibilities, even good work — these things fill space that was meant for something deeper. Fasting clears that space. And cleared space sharpens hearing. Sharpened hearing restores obedience.Coach Tiffany shares her own journey with fasting, beginning in 12th grade when she first encountered a community of young people living differently, and traces how that practice has shaped her walk with God ever since. This episode is honest, personal, and grounded in the understanding that fasting is ultimately about shifting yourself toward Him, not moving God toward you.If you have been serving but scattered, building but internally stretched, or moving without feeling anchored, this episode calls you back to intentional hunger. Not to pull back from your assignment, but to steward it with greater clarity and care.Return to the Word. Examine your appetite. Fast with purpose. Let intimacy set the pace again.Ready to stop circling what God already asked you to release?If this episode surfaces something you have been delaying, a message, a podcast, a body of work you know you are meant to publish — this is your moment to stop slipping back into quiet postponement. Belief moves. Alignment produces action.Right now inside the Let Go & Launch Lab on Skool, we are hosting focused workshops and cultivating a steady community for purpose-led creative women who are ready to bring their podcast into the world with clarity and follow-through. This is a space where the work is taken seriously and the pace is led by clarity, not urgency. You’ll receive structure for stewardship, workshops that guide, and a community that strengthens the work God has already made clear in you.If you sense it is time to stop circling and start publishing, come join us inside the Lab. Move when you are ready to move, but do not ignore clarity when it comes. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecreativesreset.substack.com

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