That Feeling Isn’t Anxiety… It’s a Wake-Up Call (Over 50)

Episode 02: Rude Awakening Over 50: God Is Waking You UpLouder ticking, restless shifts—are you sensing a divine awakening?In this powerful episode of Upward Spirit Soulstice, Barbara Bedford explores seven signs that God may be waking you up to a deeper purpose during the sacred second half of life. From unexpected disruptions and changing priorities to renewed dreams and heightened discernment, discover how these spiritual shifts may be God's invitation to higher calling.Drawing from Scripture, personal experience as a hospice nurse and minister, and the wisdom gained through life's seasons.If you've been sensing that God is calling you into something more, this conversation will help you understand what you're experiencing and embrace this season with faith, clarity, and courage.✨ Download your FREE guide:"7 Signs God Is Transforming You Over 50"https://upwardspiritsoulstice.myflodesk.com/transformationIn This Episode:• Understanding the Holy Disruption and why life changes • Recognizing the shift from success to significance• Discovering the purpose of solitude and stillness• Developing a deeper hunger for truth and authentic connection• Finding peace in the midst of uncertainty and transition• Reawakening dreams and desires you may have set aside• Understanding discernment as a gift that often emerges through hardship and healingChapters:00:00 – The louder ticking: recognizing the sacred wake-up call00:36 – The Holy Disruption: when life shifts become divine preparation01:44 – From success to significance: redefining what truly matters02:53 – The gift of solitude and spiritual preparation03:40 – The Broken Vessel: when God lets the light shine through04:54 – Developing a hunger for truth and authenticity06:31 – Finding peace in seasons of uncertainty07:22 – The resurrection of buried dreams08:04 – Heightened discernment and the wisdom gained through heartbreak09:03 – Understanding that pain can become a pathway to clarity10:28 – Embracing your highest calling with faith and courage10:44 – Reflection, encouragement, and your next step RESOURCES✨ Free Guide:7 Signs God Is Transforming You Over 50https://upwardspiritsoulstice.myflodesk.com/transformation📘 Life On Fire: Change Your Mind, Change Your Lifehttps://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B079KZY36Y🎙️ YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@upwardspiritsoulsticeBarbara Bedford is an author, hospice nurse, minister, and spiritual guide devoted to helping women over 50 embrace spiritual awakening with faith, healing, clarity, and divine purpose. Through compassionate guidance and practical spiritual insight, she encourages women to step confidently into the sacred second half of life.Join Upward Spirit Soulstice each week for inspiration, spiritual encouragement, and practical wisdom as you deepen your relationship with God and discover the purpose waiting within this season.Change Your Mind. Change Your Life.With love and light,Barbara BedfordUpward Spirit SoulsticeDISCLAIMER:The teachings and guidance shared in this podcast are based on personal experience, spiritual understanding, and faith-based principles. Individual experiences and spiritual journeys may vary.

EPISODE 1: Is God Calling You Over 50? Have You Been Feeling a Shift in Your Life Lately?✨ Download Your Free Spiritual Awakening Commitment:https://upwardspiritsoulstice.myflodesk.com/godHave you been feeling a shift lately—like something inside you is changing, but you can't quite explain it?In this first episode of Upward Spirit Soulstice, Barbara Bedford explores the signs of spiritual awakening in the second sacred half of life and why many women over 50 are being called into a deeper relationship with God, greater clarity, healing,peace and renewed divine purpose.Upward Spirit Soulstice is a weekly sacred and soulful series designed to help spiritually awakening women over 50, reconnect with their inner wisdom, strengthen their faith, and embrace the next sacred chapter of life with confidence and peace. In This Episode:What spiritual awakening can look and feel like over 50• Why inner shifts are often signs of transformation, not confusion• Lessons learned from years of hospice care and witnessing what truly matters in life• How reconnecting with God can bring clarity, peace, and divine purpose• The importance of slowing down, reflecting, and listening to your inner spirit• A simple first step to begin your spiritual awakening journey• An invitation to download the free Spiritual Awakening CommitmentChapters:00:00 Welcome and Introduction00:29 Who This Message Is For00:57 Recognizing Internal Shifts01:27 Barbara's Hospice Experiences01:57 Spiritual Awakening and Divine Purpose02:26 Awakening vs. Confusion02:57 Understanding Restlessness and Change03:26 Your Free Spiritual Awakening Commitment03:54 Growing Together in Faith04:16 Sharing the Message04:42 Acknowledging the Call05:12 A New BeginningAbout Your Host:Barbara Bedford is an author, hospice nurse, minister, and spiritual guide dedicated to helping women rediscover their spiritual awakening with faith, healing, clarity, and divine purpose.Connect With Barbara:✨ Free Spiritual Awakening Commitment:https://upwardspiritsoulstice.myflodesk.com/god📘 Life On Fire: Change Your Mind, Change Your Lifehttps://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B079KZY36Y🎙️ YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@upwardspiritsoulsticeFollow Upward Spirit Soulstice each week for spiritual awakening, faith, healing, personal transformation, and deeper connection with God.Change Your Mind. Change Your Life.With love and light,Barbara BedfordUpward Spirit SoulsticeDISCLAIMER:The teachings and guidance shared in this podcast are based on personal experience, spiritual understanding, and faith-based principles. Individual experiences and spiritual journeys may vary.

This conversation introduces Upward Spirit Soulstice, a heartfelt sacred series weekly for spiritually awakening women over 50. It emphasizes the journey from confusion to clarity, anxiety to peace, and into the divine purpose that God has created for you. Host, Barbara Bedford, author, hospice nurse, minister, and spiritual quide, invites women over 50 to embrace the second sacred half of your new beginning and subscribe to join her on your journey.Takeawayssigns of spiritual awakening for women over 50Embracing the second sacred half of lifeFaith-based encouragement and healingDeveloping deep inner awarenesMoving from confusion to clarity and anxiety to peaceHospice life lessons and spiritual wisdomWhy spiritual awakening can feel like anxietyDiscovering the deeper Divine purpose behind life's changes💛 Free Spiritual Awakening Awareness Guide:https://upwardspiritsoulstice.myflodesk.com/awarenesshttps://www.facebook.com/SpiritSoulticsLife On Fire (Change Your Mind) ( Change Your Life)https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B079KZY36Y?ccs_id=14406da4-8799-42fe-aa1d-daedcb9673aahttps://www.youtube.com/@upwardspiritsoulsticeFollow Upward Spirit Soulstice for this heartfelt series weekly conversations on spiritual awakening, faith, purpose, healing, sacred aging, and soul-led living for women over 50.If this episode resonated with you, follow the podcast and share it with a friend who may need this message today.Love and Light,Barbara BedfordUPWARD SPIRIT SOULSTICEDISCLAIMER:The teachings and perspectives shared are based on personal experience, spiritual understanding, and faith-based principles. Individual experiences and spiritual journeys may vary. This content is intended for educational and inspirational purposes only.