Restored
To Rise
Welcome to Restored to Rise, a transformational coaching journey created to help women who have faced deep challenges and hardship—find healing, rebuild and reinvigorate their identity in Christ, and rise into their God-given purpose.
This program is designed to meet you where you are, using faith-based principles and practical tools to guide you toward lasting transformation. Together, we’ll explore themes like healing, letting go of burdens, and embracing the confidence and self-worth that God has placed within you.
To console those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.
Who Is This For?
This program is for women who:
- Have faced difficult emotional experiences.
- Want to experience emotional and spiritual growth.
- Desire to rebuild their confidence and trust in their God-given identity.
- Are ready to embrace a life of purpose and grace.
How It Works:
Over six coaching sessions, we’ll dive into two powerful modules:
Session 1: Introduction Set The Scene
(25th January 2025):
Establishing a safe space and setting the foundation for your journey.
Session 2: Let's Talk About Shame
(22nd February 2025):
Shame – Releasing shame and embracing grace.
Session 3: Forgiving Others is Hard
(22nd March 2025):
Setting your heart free by forgiving others even when we are hurt.
Session 4: Forgiving Yourself is Harder (Date TBD):
Letting go of guilt and accepting God’s forgiveness is enough.
Session 5: Who God Says You Are
(Date TBD):
Recognising your worth and setting healthy boundaries.
Session 6: Uncovering a Confident YOU!
(Date TBD):
Building trust in your identity in Him gives you GODfidence
What You’ll Gain
Healing: Release emotional burdens and receive God’s healing for your heart.
Identity: Reconnect with who God says you are and build self-respect.
Confidence: Walk boldly in your calling with faith and strength.
Next Steps:
Each week, you’ll find session details, reflective prompts, and assignments here. This space is your guide to stay aligned with the journey and grow into the powerful woman of God you were created to be.
Together, we’ll take intentional steps toward healing and rising into the life God has planned for you. Let’s begin.
Homework Assignments
Homework Assignment: Reflection for Emotional and Spiritual Growth
Over the next couple of weeks, take time to pay close attention to how you speak and think about yourself. Notice:
- The words you use to describe yourself.
- Any patterns of negative thinking or emotions that arise.
- How you feel when certain thoughts or emotions come up.
The goal of this reflection is to begin identifying what surfaces on an emotional level. By bringing these thoughts and feelings to light, we’ll take the first steps toward internal healing and deeper emotional and spiritual growth in the next session.
Take notes or journal your observations so you’re ready to share and reflect when we meet again.
Notes from Session 2
Where Does Shame Come From?
Firstly, we need to know that shame does not come from God—He never intended for His daughters to live under its weight.
1. Shame from Our Own Mistakes
Some of us carry shame because of things we have done. We look back at decisions we made, things we said, or moments where we feel we failed, and we allow that to define us.
📖 Psalm 103:12 (NKJV)
“As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.”
💡 Truth: God does not hold onto your past—so why should you?
2. Shame from What Was Done to Us
Some of us carry shame not because of something we did, but because of something someone else did to us. Maybe someone betrayed your trust. Maybe someone took advantage of you. Maybe you were treated as worthless, discarded, or told to stay silent.
📖 Joel 2:25 (NKJV)
“So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten.”
💡 Key Message: You may feel forgotten, but God has not forgotten you. He is a God of restoration.
3. Shame from Words Spoken Over Us
Some of us carry shame because of words that were spoken over us. Maybe someone called you ‘useless,’ ‘dirty,’ ‘not good enough.’ Maybe they told you that you would never be loved, that you were a mistake. Words carry power.
📖 Proverbs 18:21 (NKJV)
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue.”
💡 Truth: People’s words do not have more power than God’s words over you.
Homework Assignment: Practical Steps to Break Free
Just as the women in these stories found freedom, you too can begin the journey of breaking free from shame. Shame loses its power when we face it with truth. These steps will help you take practical action, just as the women in the Bible did.
✅ 1. Name the Shame
🔹 The woman caught in adultery was publicly shamed.
🔹 Hagar was cast out and rejected.
🔹 What lies has shame told you about yourself?
💬 Reflection: Take a moment to ask yourself:
- Have you ever believed that you were not worthy?
- Have you ever felt that your past mistakes define you?
- Have you ever felt that rejection means you have no value?
✅ 2. Replace the Lie with God’s Truth
🔹 The woman caught in adultery was called “sinful”—but Jesus called her forgiven.
🔹 Hagar was called “a servant”—but God called her seen.
🔹 Tamar was cast into silence—God calls His daughters to restoration.
💬 Reflection: What does God say about you instead of what shame says?
- If shame says: “You are worthless,” → God says: “You are chosen.”
- If shame says: “You are forgotten,” → God says: “You are seen.”
- If shame says: “You are not enough,” → God says: “You are fearfully and wonderfully made.”
✅ 3. Speak It Aloud – Shame Grows in Silence
🔹 Hagar cried out in the wilderness—and God heard her.
🔹 Hannah prayed in deep distress—and God answered.
🔹 Shame silences, but truth sets free.
💬 Practical Exercise:
1️⃣ Write down a lie shame has told you.
2️⃣ Find a truth from the scriptures that replaces that lie.
3️⃣ Speak it aloud:
- “I am not forgotten. I am seen, because God says so.”
- “I am not worthless. I am valuable, because God says so.”
- “I am not dirty. I am made new, because God says so.”
✅ 4. Let God Redefine You
🔹 The woman caught in adultery was no longer a condemned woman—Jesus sent her forward with a new identity.
🔹 Hagar was no longer just a rejected servant—God made her the mother of a great nation.
🔹 God does not see you through the lens of your past, He sees you through the lens of His purpose.
📖 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV)
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”
💬 Final Reflection Question:
- Are you ready to let go of shame and step into the new identity God has for you?
From Lies to Truth: Replacing Shame with God’s Word
For too long, shame has whispered lies about who you are, and for too long, we believed it and internalised it. We gave it a voice that was louder than our own. But from now on, let God’s truth speak louder than the lies.
Click each box to reveal the truth that replaces the lie. Let His words reshape how you see yourself today.
When I Think...
I AM INVISIBLE
I am not invisible. → I am seen, because God says so.
Genesis 16:13 "Then she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, ‘You are the God who sees’; for she said, ‘Have I also here seen Him who sees me?’"
When I Think...
I AM USELESS
I am not useless. → I have a purpose, because God says so.
Ephesians 1:11 "In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will."
When I Think...
I AM WEAK
I am not weak. → I am strong in the Lord, because God says so.
Ephesians 6:10 "Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might."
When I Think...
I AM BROKEN BEYOND REPAIR
I am not broken beyond repair. → I am being restored, because God says so.
Joel 2:25 "So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten."
When I Think...
I AM REJECTED
I am not rejected. → I am accepted in Christ, because God says so.
Ephesians 1:6 "To the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved."
When I Think...
I AM STUPID
I am not stupid. → I have the mind of Christ, because God says so.
1 Corinthians 2:16 "For ‘who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?’ But we have the mind of Christ."
When I Think...
I AM A FAILURE
I am not a failure. → I am more than a conqueror, because God says so.
Romans 8:37 "Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us."
When I Think...
I AM CURSED
I am not cursed. → I am blessed and highly favored, because God says so.
Luke 1:28 "And having come in, the angel said to her, ‘Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!’"
When I Think...
I AM ALONE
I am not alone. → God is with me, because He says so.
Deuteronomy 31:6 "Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you."
When I Think...
I AM UNLOVED
I am not unloved. → I am deeply loved by God, because God says so.
Romans 8:38-39 "For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
When I Think...
I AM A MISTAKE
I am not a mistake. → I am fearfully and wonderfully made, because God says so.
Psalm 139:14 "I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvellous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well."
When I Think...
I AM DIRTY OR RUINED
I am not dirty or ruined. → I am made new, because God says so.
2 Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new."
When I Think...
I AM FORGOTTEN
I am not forgotten. → God calls me His daughter, because He says so.
2 Corinthians 6:18 "I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."
When I Think...
I AM WORTHLESS
I am not worthless. → I am God’s masterpiece, because God says so.
Ephesians 2:10 "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them."
When I Think...
I AM ALONE IN THIS WORLD
I am not alone in this world. → God is my Father, because He says so.
Psalm 68:5 "A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy habitation."
When I Think...
I AM ABANDONED
I am not abandoned. → God will never leave me, because He says so.
Deuteronomy 31:6 "Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you."
When I Think...
I AM HOPELESS
I am not hopeless. → God has a future for me, because He says so.
Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope."
When I Think...
I AM NOT ENOUGH
I am not lacking. → I am complete in Christ, because God says so.
Colossians 2:10 "And you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power."
Remember, God’s Word is unchanging.
His promises over your life are eternal. Every time shame tries to speak, come back to these truths. Speak them aloud.
Let them renew your mind.
Let them become the loudest voice in your life.
You are seen. You are loved. You are chosen. And you are free.
Romans 12:2
"And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God."
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Hi, I'm JJ, Professional Giant Slayer at Your Service!
I live, love, and value purpose, identity, integrity, contribution, and all things leadership. Here’s a snapshot of my story…
I’m JJ—an introverted, faith-driven Giant Slayer called to equip Kingdom leaders like you to overcome the emotional giants that impact your business, ministry and leadership, and hold you back from fully walking in your anointing.
For nearly a decade, I’ve coached and mentored purpose-driven leaders across three continents—helping them conquer fear-driven behaviours, imposter syndrome, and limiting beliefs so they can step into their next level of self-leadership with confidence, authority, and impact.
I have 20 years experience in the corporate world—working internationally, with C-suite executives, writing global revenue-driving strategies for top tier law firms, and leading change management in areas of leadership, EDI and facilitating strategic transformation.
When I enter a room, I bring the essence of transformation, integrity and leadership with a unique blend of business acumen and coaching expertise from a dynamic, inclusive and faith-fuelled lens.
Whether you’re a leader, coach, or visionary, I’m here to help you slay the giants that have kept you stuck, build unshakable confidence, and step into your next level with Kingdom Audacity.