Your Most Beautiful Life

Ep. 033: The Circumstances Myth & Why Peace Isn’t ‘Out There’

✨ For the woman who keeps waiting for life to feel easier… this episode is for you.
In today’s episode of Your Most Beautiful Life, Lori shares a powerful teaching pulled straight from last week’s Holiday Legacy Q&A — a conversation that opened an unexpected doorway into clarity, emotional steadiness, and the truth about where peace is actually found.
If you’ve ever caught yourself thinking,“If things were just a little smoother, a little simpler, a little less complicated… then I could finally feel peaceful,”this episode will meet you right in that tender place.
This is a grounding, honest look at the circumstances myth — the belief that peace waits for us in a different version of our life — and the holy shift that happens when we stop outsourcing our peace to the people and environments around us.
This is Holiday Legacy in the real world…not theoretical, not idealized — but lived in the middle of car rides, logistics, expectations, and the emotional weight we carry into December.
🎧 In This Episode, You’ll Hear:
• Why the holidays often feel heavier than we expect• The subtle belief that convinces us peace is found “out there” in easier circumstances• The illusion of the perfect holiday and why it keeps us stuck• The truth about what actually shapes your emotional experience• Why even ideal circumstances can’t deliver lasting peace• The inner patterns that travel with you everywhere you go• How God invites us to cultivate peace from the inside out• What this means for loving your husband during a full season• How grounding yourself internally changes the entire emotional tone of your holidays• A holy reminder: peace is found inside the life you already have
📎 Resources Mentioned:
• Holiday Legacy Workshop (Q&A Session)• Your Most Beautiful Life Podcast Episodes 031–032• Legacy of Beauty language and practices
🧠 Keywords for Search + SEO:
holiday peace · emotional regulation · spiritual grounding · christian womanhood · legacy of beauty · nervous system calm · mindful holidays · marriage & emotional load · circumstances myth · holiday expectations · inner steadiness · december overwhelm · thought work for women · godly peace · intentional december

Ep. 032: The Legacy of Beauty — What Quiet Growth Really Looks Like

For the woman who wants her life to feel beautiful… this episode is for you.
In today’s episode of Your Most Beautiful Life, Lori invites you into a real and honest look at her November — a month full of preparation, hosting, growth, and quiet clarity.
If you’ve ever reached the end of a month and wondered what did I even do?, this episode will help you slow down long enough to see the beauty you already lived, the growth you didn’t notice, and the capacity you expanded one small moment at a time.
This is Legacy of Beauty in real life…not curated, not polished, but lived.
🎧 In This Episode, You’ll Hear:
• A behind-the-scenes look at Lori’s full Thanksgiving weekend with 24 family members• Why November felt like a month of preparation — and how it set the tone for a peaceful December• How building the Legacy of Beauty App shaped her days and created unexpected clarity• The grounding rhythm Lori uses in her coaching community to reflect on what went well and what needs to shift• Why quiet growth matters more than dramatic change• How the “small decisions” of your month tell the truth about who you’re becoming• A deeper look at what Legacy of Beauty actually is — presence over pressure, intention over performance• An invitation to pause and reflect on your own November with gentle honesty• Practical questions to help you uncover the beauty already woven into your life
📎 Resources Mentioned:
Legacy of Beauty App — launching soonHoliday Legacy (Open Now)The Magic Makers Workshop — Replay AvailableYour Most Beautiful Life Podcast Episodes 028–031
🧠 Keywords for Search + SEO:
legacy of beauty · women & purpose · emotional capacity · everyday rhythms · spiritual growth · quiet transformation · holiday preparation · mindful living · intentional womanhood · faith and home · seasonal reflection · December clarity

Ep. 031: The Heart of a Meaningful Thanksgiving Week

✨ For the woman who carries the holidays… this episode is for you.
In today’s episode of Your Most Beautiful Life, Lori walks you through the mindset and rhythms to step into Thanksgiving week with presence, peace, and purpose. She shares how she’s living this week herself and how you can carry it a little differently—less rushing, more heart.
🎧 In This Episode, You’ll Hear:
A real-life glimpse of Lori’s Thanksgiving week — tree one-third done, 22 guests, young kids, hosting on Friday & Saturday
Why the way you carry the week becomes the memory your family will live inside
Anchoring thoughts: Gentle is strong, Tuesday gratitude = Wednesday mercy, Wednesday is a memory not a performance
How to invite help, let people belong, and live inside the moment you created
The reminder: you may not choose every thing that happens, but you can choose your pace, your presence, your peace
📎 Resources Mentioned:
Week-of-Thanksgiving Planning Checklist: https://lorijsmith.com/week-of-thanksgiving-planning-checklist/
The Magic Makers Workshop (Replay + Workbook) — $7 = https://buy.stripe.com/cNiaEX2Yhf91bqQ6zwdAk01
The Legacy of Beauty App (in session now!)
🧠 Keywords for Search + SEO:holiday hosting · Thanksgiving week · holiday peace · emotional capacity · women & holidays · motherhood · hosting rhythm · family traditions · presence over perfection

Ep. 030: For The Holiday Magic Maker

✨ For the woman who carries the holidays… this episode is for you.
In today’s episode of Your Most Beautiful Life, Lori shares a short, powerful section from last week’s The Magic Makers Workshop — an hour devoted to strengthening your emotional and functional capacity for the holiday season.
You’ll hear the beginning of the workshop, where Lori sets the scene for why the holidays feel full, how your capacity expands from the inside out, and why shrinking your desires never leads to peace.
This is the part every woman relates to — the swirl, the stretch, the meaningful work of creating a beautiful season for the people we love.
And if you want the full experience — the complete teaching plus the guided Holiday Design Plan workbook — the replay is available for just seven dollars. https://buy.stripe.com/cNiaEX2Yhf91bqQ6zwdAk01
This workshop will help you design a holiday that feels aligned, grounded, and supported — emotionally and practically.
🎯 In This Episode, You’ll Hear:
• A behind-the-scenes moment from Lori’s real holiday prep• The truth about emotional capacity during the holidays• Why women tend to shrink their desires (and what to do instead)• How capacity expands from the inside out• A grounded, hope-filled way to approach a full season• Why this stretch might be exactly what your soul is ready for
🧰 Want the Full Workshop + Workbook?
You can get the full replay of The Magic Makers Workshop — plus the Holiday Design Plan workbook with guided prompts that help you create your entire holiday plan in one sitting.
It’s only $7, and it will change how you move through this season.
👉 Link to purchase - https://buy.stripe.com/cNiaEX2Yhf91bqQ6zwdAk01
💬 Quotable Insights
• “You don’t need a smaller holiday. You need a stronger rhythm.”• “You don’t need a smaller holiday. You need a stronger rhythm.”• “Capacity grows quietly — in the exact moments that stretch you.”• “Heart growth is quiet. Slow. Tender. Stretchy. Human.”
•“Capacity is being able to hold the joy and the overwhelm without making it mean something is wrong.”
📎 Mentioned in This Episode
• The Magic Makers Workshop (Replay + Workbook) — $7• Holiday Design Plan workbook• Your Most Beautiful Life Podcast• The Legacy of Beauty App (coming soon)
🧠 Keywords for Search + SEO
holiday capacity · emotional resilience · Christian coaching · women and overwhelmholiday planning · functional capacity · legacy · motherhood · Christmas stressintentional living · mindset · peace · overwhelm · family dynamics · holiday joy

Ep. 029: The Legacy of Beauty — Expanding Your Capacity for Joy

✨ What if the very season that stretches you…is the season God uses to expand your capacity for joy?
In this episode of Your Most Beautiful Life, Lori continues the story she began in Episode 28—about transition, misalignment, and rediscovering peace when life no longer feels like home.
She shares how, in the swirl of the holidays, she unexpectedly found a new emotional resilience: a way of choosing joy, presence, and peace even when the season demanded more of her. And how that same grace is now carrying her into the rest of life’s changing chapters.
This conversation invites you to see your own stretch differently—not as a sign of overwhelm, but as evidence that your heart is learning how to hold more beauty, more connection, and more joy than ever before.
🎯 You’ll Learn
• How emotional capacity grows when you choose joy in the chaos—not after it• Why lowering expectations doesn’t always lead to peace (and what does)• How traditions and intention can strengthen your mindset all year long• A powerful mindset shift for walking through change with confidence• How to design a holiday season that feels aligned, peaceful, and full of delight
📎 Mentioned in This Episode
• The Legacy of Beauty — a new space for emotional + spiritual renewal• The power of intentional rhythms during the holidays• How to approach serving as worship, not pressure• Founding-member opportunity: Holiday Legacy Edition
💬 Quotable Insights
“Without realizing it, I had been practicing what I now know to be true: that how we think quietly shapes how we live.”
“Peace isn’t found — it’s formed, one decision, one belief, one moment of surrender at a time.”
“I am not at peace when I shrink.”
“Serving — when chosen from love instead of obligation — creates peace.”
“Every detail becomes worship.”
“The demands increase… and so does the grace to meet them.”
“Joy rises to match the weight of love.”
“I used to think joy was the thing you got to after you pushed through a hard season — that it waited for me on the other side of endurance.”
“Joy isn’t a finish line — it’s a companion.”
“I don’t have to wait for everything to feel settled to live with peace.”
“Christmas taught me how to hold more. Life gave me the chance to use it.”
“This one looks like showing up — fully, freely, wholeheartedly. Not because I have to. Because I get to.”
“This is the season to live beauty, not just decorate for it.”
🧠 Key Topics & Keywords
capacity · peace · holidays · motherhood · emotional resilience · renewallegacy · faith · purpose · mindset · joy · Christian coaching · emotional growthfamily dynamics · presence · intentional living · brain + belief · holiday overwhelm
📣 Stay Connected
Want more support in designing a holiday season that feels aligned, peaceful, and beautiful?
🌐 Website: lorijsmith.com📸 Instagram: @lorijsmithco💌 Email: hello@lorijsmith.com🎧 More episodes: Your Most Beautiful Life Podcast
You are not behind.You are becoming.
Let’s walk this season—fully and joyfully—together. ✨

Ep. 028: The Legacy of Beauty — When What You’re Building Stops Feeling Like Home

✨ What if the season that feels like unraveling… is actually the place God is rebuilding you from the inside out?
In this episode of Your Most Beautiful Life, Lori shares a deeply personal story of transition, misalignment, and the quiet healing that began when she stopped trying to hold everything together.Through the lens of building a new home, redefining purpose, and rediscovering peace, she invites you to reflect on the difference between striving to build and learning to rest in what God is already forming.
Whether you’re navigating a shift in your marriage, work, or family life, this conversation will help you recognize the invitation inside the ache—and remind you that even in the middle of change, you are not lost.
🎯 You’ll Learn
How to recognize the signs of misalignment and emotional over-functioning
Why transitions can reveal what we truly believe about peace and purpose
How to release what isn’t yours to carry without losing your sense of stability
A practical rhythm for finding clarity when life feels full but directionless
The truth about legacy—and why it begins in your heart long before it’s built by your hands
📎 Mentioned in This Episode
The Legacy of Beauty launch story
Lori’s personal journaling and reflection rhythms
The process of rebuilding from peace, not pressure
Opportunities for 1 : 1 coaching sessions — [Book a free exploration call here →]
💬 Quotable Insights
“It wasn’t any one thing that created the strain—it was all of it together.”
“The longing you feel isn’t failure; it’s invitation.”
“Peace isn’t something you have to chase—it’s something God restores when you release what isn’t yours to carry.”
“Legacy doesn’t begin with what we build; it begins with what God cultivates in us.”
“You don’t have to wait for life to look perfect before you can experience peace.”
🧠 Key Topics & Keywords
transitions · misalignment · peace · letting go · Christian mindset · emotional resilience · legacy · truth and identity · faith and purpose · spiritual growth · renewing your mind · marriage and change · empty-nest season · healing · inner peace · over-functioning · rest in God
📣 Stay Connected
Want more encouragement and tools to help you live from peace and purpose?
🌐 Website: lorijsmith.com📸 Instagram: @lorijsmithco🎧 Listen to past episodes: Your Most Beautiful Life Podcast
You’re not meant to carry it all.Let’s walk this season out—together.

Ep. 027: The Legacy of Beauty — The Life We Live, The Life We Leave

Have you ever wondered what people actually feel when they’re around you — the quiet life you live behind the scenes?
In this episode of Your Most Beautiful Life, Lori invites you to slow down and reflect on the legacy you’re living right now. Together, we explore what it means to move from striving and perfectionism toward a peaceful, grounded presence — one rooted in truth, alignment, and the gentle order God designed.
Through personal stories of motherhood, accomplishment, and awakening, Lori shares how she once tried to build a beautiful life through effort alone — only to realize that the deepest beauty is found in receiving from God first.
This conversation marks the beginning of something new: the Legacy of Beauty App, a space being built from the ground up for women who want to walk arm-in-arm as they live from peace, order, and purpose in everyday life.
🎯 You’ll Hear About
• The difference between outward beauty and inner peace• How striving and performance quietly replace grace• Lori’s personal story of achieving her goals yet missing rest along the way• The invitation to let God care for you first — and how that changes everything• Why order, alignment, and peace create the truest kind of beauty• The vision behind the Legacy of Beauty App and how to be part of the founding experience
🧠 Quotable Insights
“That kind of beauty is born when our souls begin to settle back into order — not from control or perfect plans, but when the heart aligns with truth.”
“It’s not performance. It’s not perfection. It’s peace.”
“Legacy isn’t just what people remember about you. It’s what remains because of you.”
📎 Mentioned in This Episode
• Explore the Journal Planner → [https://lorijsmith.com/journal-planner]• Learn more about upcoming coaching opportunities → [https://lorijsmith.com]• Stay tuned for details on joining the Legacy of Beauty App as a founding member — coming soon!
✨ Stay in Touch
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🧭 Keywords + Topics Covered
faith-based coaching • women and identity • presence and peace • legacy and family • righteous order • rest and alignment • Christian living • emotional health • beauty and purpose • spiritual formation

Ep. 026 Made to Make: Stepping into Your Creative Capacity

Have you ever told yourself, “I’m just not creative”?
In this episode of Your Most Beautiful Life, we uncover the truth that you were made to create and not only that, but that creating is one of the most life-giving ways to wake back up to your own joy, energy, and purpose.
From scrapbooks and school projects to floral booths and photography, I share my own story of how creativity has taken many shapes across different seasons. You’ll hear how, in 2017, I dreamed of creating my first journal planner during a season of transition into the empty nest. That simple act of designing something I needed opened doors I could have never imagined — leading me into coaching, podcasting, and even writing bedtime stories for my grandkids. Each creation became a seed that grew into something new.
Most of all, we’ll explore the deeper rhythm: that our capacity to create isn’t something we invent on our own, but something we inherit from God Himself. Just as He ordered, filled, and delighted in His creation, we are invited to create and delight right where we are.
🎯 You’ll hear about:• Why creativity multiplies joy and energy• How creativity shifts and shows up in every season of life• The surprising places creativity hides in your daily rhythms• My personal story of creating a journal planner, a podcast, and even “mini podcasts” for my grandkids• The biblical rhythm of creation — order, fullness, and delight• How to notice and step into your own creative capacity
📎 Mentioned in this episode:• Explore the Your Most Beautiful Life Journal Planner → [https://lorijsmith.com/journal-planner]• Book a free 1:1 coaching session → [https://calendly.com/lorijsmith/explore-coaching-free-personalized-session-with-lori]• Explore the Your Most Beautiful Life Journal Planner → [https://lorijsmith.com/journal-planner]
🧠 Quotable Insights
“Every time we create, joy multiplies. Creativity carries its own energy — it stirs us, nourishes us, and wakes us back up to life.”
“Creativity isn’t reserved for artists. It’s in the way we shape a meal, a rhythm, a story, or a home. It’s bringing something into the world that wasn’t there before.”
“The rhythm of creation is this: God orders, God fills, God delights. And in His image, we are invited to do the same.”
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🧠 Keywords + Topics Coveredfaith-based coaching, creativity, women and identity, empty nest, journaling, rhythms of creation, faith and purpose, joy and energy, biblical creation, Christian coaching, living fully