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Rise to Freedom
by Cecilia Columbus
Rise to Freedom is a faith-based personal growth podcast for women seeking healing, encouragement, and emotional freedom.Hosted by Author and Certified Forgiveness Coach Cecilia Columbus, each episode offers faith-filled reflection and practical encouragement to help you release past hurt, overcome self-doubt, and move forward with clarity, peace, and purpose.
Episodes
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Can God Still Use Me After My Past? | God’s Grace, Forgiveness & Purpose
Have you ever wondered if God can still use you after everything you’ve done? In Episode 179 of the Rise to Freedom Podcast, Cecilia M. Columbus shares her personal journey through church hurt, walking away from ministry, and rediscovering God’s grace and mercy. Through the story of Jonah…
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I Love God, So Why Do I Keep Falling Into the Same Patterns?
Have you ever found yourself praying, repenting, and promising to do better, only to fall back into the same habits and behaviors? You love God. You attend church. You read your Bible. You genuinely want to grow in your faith. So why do you keep struggling with the same patterns? In this episode…
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How to Hear God and Obey When You Already Know What to Do
Have you ever known you probably shouldn’t do something—and did it anyway? Sometimes the problem isn’t that we don’t know what to do. Sometimes we know, but what we know is colliding with what we want. In this episode of the Rise to Freedom Podcast, Cecilia Columbus continues exploring lessons…
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How to Heal From What Hurt You and Stop Letting the Past Keep You Stuck
How do you heal from past hurt when the person who hurt you never apologizes, changes, or gives you closure? In this episode of the Rise to Freedom Podcast, Cecilia Columbus explores what it means to take responsibility for your healing without taking responsibility for what happened to you....
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How to Know When to Keep Going or Let Go | Trusting God Through Adversity
How do you know when to keep going, pivot, wait, or let go? In this episode, Cecilia explores James 1 and the connection between adversity, perseverance, wisdom, and discernment. Sometimes we over-spiritualize every obstacle as a sign—but adversity isn’t always instruction. Freedom Moment:...
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How to Trust God When You Don’t Know What’s Next
How do you trust God when you don’t know what’s next? Sometimes we want God to show us the entire journey before we’re willing to take the next step. But faith often requires us to move without knowing exactly how everything will work out. In this episode of Rise to Freedom, Cecilia M. Columbus...
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How to Stop Hesitating and Take the Next Step God Is Calling You to Take
Do you already know what you need to do—but keep hesitating to take the next step? Sometimes the problem isn’t that we need more direction. We already know. But fear, self-doubt, comparison, feeling unqualified, and waiting until we feel completely ready can keep us from acting on what we already...
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How to Find Your Purpose and Become the Woman God Called You to Be
Have you been trying so hard to become a better version of yourself that you haven’t stopped to recognize how much you’ve already grown? In this special 2-year anniversary and 172nd episode of the Rise to Freedom Podcast, Cecilia reflects on old journal entries, affirmations, and prayers from…
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How to Surrender Everything to God | What It Really Means to Surrender All
What does it really mean to surrender everything to God? Sometimes we give God the situation while still holding onto the outcome, the timeline, our expectations, and our need to know what happens next. Continue your healing journey: Get Breaking the Chains on Amazon More encouragement &...
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How to Stop Letting Your Past Define You
What happened to you may be part of your story, but it does not have to define your identity, your worth, or who God is calling you to become. 📖 Get Breaking the Chains: Finding Healing, Forgiveness, and Freedom in God Amazon: https://a.co/d/0hoVBUnr 🌐 Healing, faith & encouragement:...
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How to Stop Letting Other People Define You | See Yourself the Way God Sees You
Are you struggling with what other people think about you, questioning your worth, or allowing your past to define who you are? Learning how to see yourself the way God sees you can help you stop seeking validation, overcome fear and self-doubt, and confidently walk in your God-given purpose. In...
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HOW TO COME TO JESUS WHEN YOU DON’T FEEL WORTHY
Have you ever wondered if you’ve made too many mistakes for Jesus to love you? In this episode of the Rise to Freedom Podcast, Cecilia Columbus shares a heartfelt reflection from Luke 7 and the story of the woman with the alabaster box (alabaster jar) to answer an important question: How do you...
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How to Stop Living From Yesterday’s Storm | Trusting God Through Difficult Seasons
🎁 FREE DOWNLOAD: How to Stop Shrinking Back If fear, self-doubt, or past disappointments have been keeping you stuck, download your free workbook here: https://FreedomEncourages.com Have you ever found yourself living from yesterday’s storm? In this episode of the Rise to Freedom Podcast…
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How to Stop Attaching Your Expectations to Something God Never Said | Birthday Reflection & Faith
Download your free workbook at FreedomEncourages.com and begin taking your next step toward freedom. Have you ever been disappointed with God over something He never actually promised? In this special birthday reflection, I share one of the greatest lessons God has been teaching me: stop…
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How to Find Your Purpose by Using the Gifts God Already Gave You
Ready to take your next step toward freedom? Download my FREE workbook, It’s Time to Stop Shrinking Back, at FreedomEncourages.com. You’ll also find additional tools and resources designed to help you move from feeling stuck to walking confidently in your God-given purpose. Have you ever asked…
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How to Rest While God Is Healing You | Stop Looking for Healing in All the Wrong Places
📖 Download your FREE healing workbook, It’s Time to Stop Shrinking Back, at FreedomEncourages.com Have you ever wondered why you’re still hurting even after you’ve prayed, forgiven, or tried to move on? In this episode of the Rise to Freedom Podcast, Cecilia Columbus shares how to rest while God...
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How to Stop Reopening Old Wounds and Protect Your Healing
📖 Download your FREE workbook, It’s Time to Stop Shrinking Back: FreedomEncourages.com Have you ever walked away from a relationship, friendship, or painful situation only to find yourself going back again and again? In this episode of the Rise to Freedom Podcast, Cecilia Columbus shares how to...
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How to Stop Waiting for Permission to Heal
Download your FREE faith-based workbook, It’s Time to Stop Shrinking Back, at FreedomEncourages.com and take your first step toward healing, freedom, and God’s purpose for your life. Have you been waiting for an apology, closure, or for someone to acknowledge the pain you’ve been carrying? In…
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How to Stop Comparing Your Journey to Everyone Else’s
DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE WORKBOOK: FreedomEncourages.com If you’re struggling with shame, guilt, unforgiveness, self-doubt, fear, comparison, or feeling stuck in your past, download the free workbook designed to help you take your next step toward healing, freedom, and purpose. Do you ever feel like...
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How to Stop Talking Yourself Out of It
Download your free workbook at FreedomEncourages.com Have you ever talked yourself out of something before anyone else had the chance to? In this episode of the Rise to Freedom Podcast, Cecilia Columbus shares a powerful conversation about fear, self-doubt, obedience, and the opportunities we…
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How to Stop Disqualifying Yourself From God’s Purpose
How to Stop Disqualifying Yourself From God’s Purpose ( Download your free workbook: FreedomEncourages.com For the woman who is healing, growing, rebuilding, and becoming who God created her to be. Have you ever talked yourself out of something before you even tried? Not because God said no. Not...
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How to Stop Hiding Behind Routine and Hear God Clearly
Purchase Breaking the Chains: Finding Healing, Forgiveness, and Freedom in God: https://a.co/d/04sbjw5s Get your free resource and continue your healing journey: FreedomEncourages.com In today’s Freedom Friday episode, we’re talking about routine, spiritual growth, hearing God’s voice, and the...
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How to Find Your Purpose With God and Let Go of What’s Keeping You Stuck
Connect & Resources: 🔗 Book: Breaking the Chains: Finding Healing, Forgiveness, and Freedom in God https://a.co/d/04sbjw5s 🔗 Free healing resources + tools: FreedomEncourages.com Have you ever felt stuck trying to figure out your purpose? In today’s Freedom Friday: A Moment to Rise, we’re…
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How to Stop Abandoning Yourself to Make Everyone Else Comfortable
Connect with Cecilia Columbus: FreedomEncourages.com Email: [email protected] Purchase Breaking the Chains: Finding Healing, Forgiveness, and Freedom in God here: Breaking the Chains on Amazon What happens when you spend so much time trying to belong, helping everyone else, and keeping…
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Why It Took Me 10 Years to Write My Book | Overcoming Fear, Self-Doubt & Obedience
Purchase Breaking the Chains: Finding Healing, Forgiveness, and Freedom in God on Amazon here: Breaking the Chains on Amazon What happens when fear, self-doubt, shame, perfectionism, and other people’s opinions keep you from walking in your purpose? In this personal episode of the Rise to Freedom...
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How to Break Free from Shame and Stop Letting Your Past Define You (Faith-Based Healing for Women)
Have you ever felt like your past disqualifies you from your purpose? Like no matter how much you grow, something keeps reminding you of who you used to be? Ways to connect: Website: https://www.cmcolumbusenterprise.com Resources & Journals: https://www.freedomencourages.com Email:...
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How Shame Is Keeping You Stuck (And How to Break Free)
Have you ever stayed in a situation longer than you should have, not because you wanted to, but because you were too ashamed to leave? That’s what shame does. It doesn’t just hurt you. It keeps you stuck. Ways to Connect: Website: https://freedomencourages.com Book:...
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Are You Living or Just Existing? How to Stop Feeling Stuck in Life
Do you ever feel like you’re just going through the motions? Wake up. Go to work. Pay the bills. Go to bed. And do it all over again. No real joy. No real purpose. Just surviving. If you’ve been feeling stuck in life, disconnected from joy, or trapped in survival mode, this episode is for you.…
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How to Set Boundaries With Yourself (Stop Breaking Promises to Yourself)
Do you struggle with keeping promises to yourself? You say you’re done… but you go back. You set a goal… but don’t follow through. You create boundaries… but break them. Website: https://freedomencourages.com Email: [email protected] Instagram: @RiseWithCecilia In this Freedom Friday...
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How to Set Boundaries Without Feeling Guilty (If You’re Always the Yes Person)
Are you the “yes” person who struggles to say no? Setting boundaries can feel uncomfortable, especially if you’re used to being dependable, helpful, and available to everyone. But constantly saying yes can lead to burnout, resentment, emotional exhaustion, and losing your peace. Ways to Connect:...
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How to Stop Overhelping and Avoid Burnout
Are you always the helper… but secretly exhausted? Ways to connect: Website: https://freedomencourages.com Email: [email protected] Instagram: @RiseWithCecilia Overhelping can look like kindness and strength, but it often leads to burnout, emotional exhaustion, and losing your peace. In...
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How to Stop Saying “I’m Fine” When You’re Not
Are you constantly saying “I’m fine” when you’re really not? This episode explores the trauma response of fawning, people pleasing, and how Christian women can heal emotionally while still trusting God. Connect with Cecilia Columbus: 🌐 Website: https://freedomencourages.com 📧 Email:...
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How to Stop Overthinking and Calm Anxiety as a Woman
Overthinking is exhausting, and anxiety does not always look like panic. Sometimes it looks like being stuck in your own thoughts. Connect with me: Email: [email protected] Website: FreedomEncourages.com In this episode of the Rise to Freedom Podcast, Cecilia Columbus talks openly about...
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How to Get Unstuck When You Feel Stuck in Life
Sometimes what we call procrastination isn’t laziness at all — it’s grief over the life we thought we would have by now. WAYS TO CONNECT WITH ME Website: https://www.freedomencourages.com Email: [email protected] Instagram: @RiseWithCecilia In this episode of the Rise to Freedom Podcast,...
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Why Faith Without Action Keeps You Stuck
Faith feels powerful. But obedience requires action. Ways to Connect with Me: Website: https://www.freedomencourages.com Email: [email protected] Instagram: @RiseWithCecilia In this Freedom Friday episode of the Rise to Freedom Podcast, I reflect on the difference between trying and…
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Why Do We Feel the Need to Be Seen?
Being seen feels powerful. But being known by God is greater. Ways to Connect with Me: Website: https://www.freedomencourages.com Email: [email protected] Instagram: @RiseWithCecilia In this Freedom Friday episode of the Rise to Freedom Podcast, I reflect on why we sometimes feel the…
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Why Don’t We Give Ourselves Enough Credit?
Freedom doesn’t begin when everything is fixed. It begins when we choose to let go and rise. Ways to Connect with Me: Website: https://www.freedomencourages.com Email: [email protected] Instagram: @RiseWithCecilia In this Freedom Friday episode of the Rise to Freedom Podcast, I reflect…
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How to Stop Holding Yourself Hostage to Your Past
Sometimes the hardest prison to escape is the one we build in our own mind. Ways to Connect with Me: Website: https://www.freedomencourages.com Email: [email protected] Instagram: @RiseWithCecilia In this Freedom Friday episode of the Rise to Freedom Podcast, I reflect on how holding…
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How to Find Joy When Life Feels Heavy
Joy doesn’t always arrive loud or obvious—sometimes it shows up quietly in the middle of heavy moments. Ways to Connect with Me: Website: https://www.freedomencourages.com Email: [email protected] Instagram: @RiseWithCecilia In this Freedom Friday episode of the Rise to Freedom Podcast…
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How to Speak Life When Your Season Feels Heavy
What we speak consistently has the power to shape what we believe and how we move forward. Ways to Connect with Me: Website: https://www.freedomencourages.com Email: [email protected] Instagram: @RiseWithCecilia In this Freedom Friday episode of the Rise to Freedom Podcast, I encourage...
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How to Let Go of Control and Trusting God Again
Letting go of control is hard—especially when you’ve been waiting on unanswered prayers. Ways to Connect with Me: Website: https://www.freedomencourages.com Email: [email protected] Instagram: @RiseWithCecilia In this Freedom Friday episode of the Rise to Freedom Podcast, I share a…
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When Self-Doubt Tries to Stop What God Is Doing
Ways to Connect with Me: Website: https://www.FreedomEncourages.com Website: https://www.cmcolumbusenterprise.com Email: [email protected] Instagram: @RiseWithCecilia Self-doubt doesn’t always tell us to quit, sometimes it quietly tells us to pause. In this episode of the Rise to Freedom...
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Bold: Choosing to Move Forward
Ways to Connect with Me: Website: https://www.FreedomEncourages.com Website: https://www.cmcolumbusenterprise.com Email: [email protected] Instagram: @RiseWithCecilia Podcast: Rise to Freedom Podcast In this short and intentional episode of the Rise to Freedom Podcast, Cecilia Columbus...
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Why One Word Can Change How You Move Forward
Ways to Connect with Me: Website: https://www.FreedomEncourages.com Email: [email protected] Podcast: Rise to Freedom Podcast Instagram: @RiseWithCecilia Why One Word Can Change How You Move Forward In this short reflection episode, Cecilia Columbus shares why choosing one intentional...
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How to Stop Shrinking and Finally Believe You’re Enough
📧 Connect: [email protected] 🌐 Website: CMColumbusEnterprise.com 📚 Pre-Order My Book – Breaking the Chains: Freedom Through the Fire: https://www.cmcolumbusenterprise.com/breaking-the-chains-freedom-through-the-fire 📝 Join the Anthology – Letting Go to Become HER:...
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How to Trust God Beyond What It Looks Like
📧 Email: [email protected] 🌐 Website: CMColumbusEnterprise.com 📘 Anthology Info: CMColumbusEnterprise.com 🛍 Digital Products: FreedomEncourages.com 🎙 Instagram: @RiseWithCecilia In this episode of Rise to Freedom, Cecilia opens up about her 2025 Spotify Wrapped and what it taught…
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Just Be: Finding Peace Without the Pressure
📧 Connect: [email protected] 🌐 Website: CMColumbusEnterprise.com 📚 Anthology Info: CMColumbusEnterprise.com 🛍️ Digital Products & Freebies: FreedomEncourages.com 🎙️ Instagram: @RiseWithCecilia Special Giveaway: Visit FreedomEncourages.com to grab your Grace to Heal devotional and a...
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Finding Gratitude in Hard Seasons: Trusting God Through the Shift
📧 Connect: [email protected] 🌐 Website: CMColumbusEnterprise.com 📚 Anthology Info: CMColumbusEnterprise.com 🛍️ Digital Products & Freebies: FreedomEncourages.com 🎙️ Instagram: @RiseWithCecilia Special Giveaway: Visit FreedomEncourages.com to grab your Grace to Heal devotional and a...
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You’re Not Failing. You’re Outgrowing Your Environment.
📨 Connect: [email protected] 🌐 Website: CMColumbusEnterprise.com 📚 Anthology Info: CMColumbusEnterprise.com 🛍 Digital Products & Freebies: FreedomEncourages.com 🎙 Instagram: @RiseWithCecilia Special Giveaway: Visit FreedomEncourages.com to grab your Grace to Heal devotional and a…
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How to Trust God in a Season of Uncertainty
📩 Connect: [email protected] 🌐 Website: CMColumbusEnterprise.com 📚 Anthology Info: CMColumbusEnterprise.com 🛍️ Digital Products & Freebies: FreedomEncourages.com 🎙️ Instagram: @RiseWithCecilia Special Giveaway: Visit FreedomEncourages.com to grab your Grace to Heal devotional and a...
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Rise to Freedom is a faith-based personal growth podcast for women seeking healing, encouragement, and emotional freedom.Hosted by Author and Certified Forgiveness Coach Cecilia Columbus, each episode offers faith-filled reflection and practical encouragement to help you release past hurt, overcome self-doubt, and move forward with clarity, peace, and purpose.
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