#408 Life is Messy, God is Good with Cynthia Yanof

Can I Laugh On Your Shoulder?

You are in for a treat this week! My guest is the hilarious and inspiring Cynthia Yanof. Cynthia is a wife, mom of 3, podcaster, blogger, and everyday girl who believes in embracing life’s messiness with a sense of humor and a whole lot of faith.

She spends most of her days hoping her kids won’t embarrass her in public while praying they chase after God-sized dreams. After meeting her husband, Mike, in law school, she swapped legal aspirations for a simpler life (though that only lasted about a day). Now, Cynthia is the host of the popular MESSmerized podcast, a speaker, writer, and a passionate advocate for foster care.

We laughed, we got deep, and we covered it all in this episode. Cynthia’s first book, Life Is Messy, God Is Good, is available now, and this conversation is a perfect reflection of that message. Tune in for a fun and relatable chat that reminds us all that while life may be messy, God is always good.

2:13 – Dance Parties in Nursing Homes

• Embracing 40
• Having fun at every life stage
• Reminiscing about prom music

11:20 – Cynthia 101

• Married for 22 years with 3 kids
• A foster parent
• Author of Life Is Messy, God Is Good
• Leaving law to become a podcaster

16:21 – Redefining Success + Aligning With Your Calling

• Being outside of your gifting
• What narratives are you listening to?
• Measuring success by God’s truth
• God wastes nothing

24:46 – The Foundational Things

• The story of the thigh master
• Learning to hear the voice of God
• The ordinary stuff is important
• Deepening your relationship with God in hard seasons

36:42 – Embracing The Mess

• Questioning God’s timing and methodology
• God is God
• Connecting with Cynthia

FEATURED QUOTES

"When you're doing something outside of your gifting, you know."

“If you're sitting in a space where you're like, I feel like there might be something next the Lord's calling me into something next…. it takes the most reluctant ‘yes,’ and the Lord will take that and run with it.”

" You've got to be putting foundational things in place in your life in order to hear from God.”

" Don't buy into the lie that the ordinary stuff isn't significant because it is.”

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About Can I Laugh On Your Shoulder?

Can I Laugh On Your Shoulder? Podcast is a weekly podcast where we have honest conversations about faith, business, life, and everything in between. Hosted by speaker and author, Molly Stillman, her mission is to make you laugh, cry, and laugh till you cry. She wants to create a community of people who are unafraid to be themselves and have honest conversations about the things that matter most. Her vision is to create a safe space for people to explore their faith and share their stories and gifts with the world.