How to Know What God Wants For You with Heather MacFadyen. Episode 262
If you’ve ever wondered how to know what God wants for you, you’re not alone. So many of us pull back when God invites us into something bigger, thinking we’re being humble. But shrinking ourselves isn’t holiness—it’s fear, insecurity, or the belief that we have to protect ourselves instead of trusting the One who called us.
When I wrote Standing Strong, I kept coming back to this truth: real humility partners with God. It doesn’t hide from the assignments He places in front of us. That’s why I was so excited to sit down with my friend Heather MacFadyen to talk about what it looks like to discern God’s direction and confidently step into the space He’s already prepared for you.
Heather’s new book, Right Where You Belong, is full of practical, Spirit-led wisdom for identifying and fully occupying your God-given space in this season. She’s the perfect guide for this conversation.
And we’re not holding back! In this episode, we talk about:
- The four boundary lines that help you identify the core of your God-given assignments
- How to use those boundaries as a decision-making tool
- What it looks like to process rejection with God instead of spiraling alone
- How social media fuels mom guilt and why your inner circle matters more than ever
- Why listening to God is the first step in everything—and how Heather practices it in her daily life
Every time Heather joins the show, she brings truth, clarity, and so much encouragement. If you missed her last visit, she shared powerful insight about the dangers of comparison and reminded moms that they are never alone in the journey of becoming who God created them to be.
Heather MacFadyen is the host of the Don’t Mom Alone podcast, a speaker, and the author of two books, including her latest, Right Where You Belong: How to Identify and Fully Occupy Your God-Given Space. Heather lives with her husband and their four sons in Dallas, TX.
Listen now:
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Favorite quotes:
“You don’t have to hustle. You can trust that God is outside your space hustling on your behalf.”
“Nothing new is under the sun. It is just are we doing it. Are we inviting God into our decisions and are we looking for his invitations for what he is doing?”
“God speaks through the Holy Spirit in us and through His word and we can know if it is him if it resonates with the truth of who he has always been and what is written.”
“Your current living is what dictates your future moments so how are you spending that time.”
“When we experience God it ignites the Spirit in us and we can hear those promptings and invitations.”
“If you have never sat and listened to God’s voice, what he thinks about you, and what he is inviting you into, that would be a great first step.”
Coaching this week:
- Believing the best about our partners. (36:23)
Links to great things we discussed:
- Heather MacFadyen Website
- Right Where You Belong: How to Identify and Fully Occupy Your God-Given Space
- Heather MacFadyen Instagram
- Don’t Mom Alone Podcast
- Lauren Daigle
- Ted Lasso
- Shrinking
- Severance
- Jesus Revolution
- The Chosen
- Revlon Hair Brush Dryer
- All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir
- Air
- Great is Thy Faithfulness
- Anastasia Magic Touch Concealer
- Remaining You While Raising Them
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xo,
Alli
