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🌿 Welcome to Rhythms of Grace Life Coaching: A Personal Invitation Into My Heart and Calling
Welcome to my blog. My hope is that you discover more about me and my heart behind Rhythms of Grace Life Coaching. May God's peace find you through these blog posts and that you find inspiration and a place to belong.
Shel Dammann
Jun 20, 20253 min read
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Transform Your Life with Professional Life Coaching Rooted in Grace
Life unfolds like a delicate tapestry, woven with threads of hope, faith, and the quiet whispers of God’s grace. Sometimes, the patterns seem tangled, and the colors dim. Yet, within you lies a spark waiting to ignite a radiant transformation. This journey is not one you walk alone. With gentle guidance and a heart attuned to divine wisdom, professional life coaching can illuminate your path, helping you renew your mind and embrace the abundant life God promises. Embracing Tr
Shel Dammann
Aug 34 min read
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When Thought Work Isn't Enough:
Thought work may reveal where peace has been lost. Jesus is the One who restores it. "Come to me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." — Matthew 11:28 I have spent years teaching women how to renew their minds. I help people notice the stories they're telling themselves. I teach emotional awareness, thought work, nervous system regulation, and what it means to align our minds with the truth of Christ. And yesterday... None of it seemed to be working. Our
Shel Dammann
Jul 283 min read
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This Morning, Someone Reminded Me Who I Was Twenty-Two Years Ago
This morning, someone reminded me of who I was twenty-two years ago. Then Jesus reminded me of who He has been every step of the way. A woman reached out to me and shared the pain she experienced as a teenager when our lives intersected years ago. As a Christian mother who deeply loved Jesus and desired to train my children and influence their peers toward Him, I found myself in a situation back then that I did not manage well. Her words stopped me in my tracks. As I listened
Shel Dammann
Jul 203 min read
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Beneath the Surface: Leaving False Identity Behind
A Series of Blog Posts Looking At the Understory-Where God is Revealing Our True Identity There is a story beneath every story. Beneath our striving, our fears, our need to be liked, our perfectionism, our people-pleasing, and our endless attempts to control outcomes lies an understory—a hidden network of beliefs formed long before we knew the heart of God. We all learn ways to cope with life. Sometimes those systems protect us for a season, but eventually they become the ver
Shel Dammann
Jul 104 min read
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Sit With Me While I Work
There are days when my heart aches with one simple prayer: "Jesus, come back." I look at the brokenness of the world, the pain people carry, the division, the suffering, and I long for the day when every tear will be wiped away. The day when faith becomes sight. The day I finally see the One my soul loves face to face. But as I sat quietly with Him recently, I sensed Him gently asking me a question. "My love, would you ask Me to come back now when I'm still working on the hea
Shel Dammann
Jul 34 min read
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It's Not Too Late. Let's Go.
Recently I listened to a message on Matthew 20, the parable of the workers in the vineyard. I've heard this story many times before, but this time something landed differently. In the story, workers are invited into the vineyard throughout the day. Some arrive early in the morning. Others are invited at noon. Still others come near the end of the day. Each time, the owner extends the same invitation: Come work in my vineyard. As I listened, I wasn't hearing a story about wage
Shel Dammann
Jun 113 min read
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When the Foundations Shake
"In the year King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord..." — Isaiah 6:1 Sometimes a single verse reaches across thousands of years and finds us exactly where we are. This morning, Isaiah's words found me. The year King Uzziah died. At first glance, it sounds like a simple historical marker. A timestamp. A way of telling us when Isaiah received his vision. But the more I sat with it, the more I realized that Isaiah was describing a season of disruption. King Uzziah had ruled for more t
Shel Dammann
May 297 min read
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God Is Healing My Divided Loyalties
There are moments in healing where I can feel myself standing between two worlds. One world is made of old burdens, old thought patterns, old survival strategies, old loyalties I didn’t even realize I had formed. The other is the quiet invitation of Jesus calling me into freedom, wholeness, trust, and rest. And somewhere in between those two places is the sacred process of release. It had been a little over a week since I sat down with my journal and intentionally fixed my mi
Shel Dammann
May 264 min read
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God Is Holding Us All
There are days when I can feel the weight of the world sitting squarely on my shoulders. The needs. The people. The responsibilities. The expectations. The desire to keep everything from falling apart. And somewhere deep inside, I begin believing the lie that it is my job to hold it all together. I notice how heavy that thought feels in my body. My shoulders tighten. My chest grows tense. My arms feel tired before I’ve even begun the day. Thoughts carry weight. And this parti
Shel Dammann
May 223 min read
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When You Want to Give Up: Why Showing Up Feels So Hard (and Why It Matters So Much)
rooted in truth, transformed by grace Creative Imaginator There’s a quiet resistance that rises up right before healing. You feel it when it’s time to go to a coaching session…or sit down with your journal…or finally let yourself feel what you’ve been pushing away. It sounds like:“I don’t want to go.”“I don’t even know what I’m feeling.” “I don’t want to open that door.” I remember that resistance well. I remember every session I ever went to when I was doing trauma work. Ev
Shel Dammann
Apr 304 min read
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His Masterpiece...recreated in Christ Jesus
Ephesians 2:4-10 NLT I felt it again— that old pull… fear trying to name me, shame trying to clothe me, regret whispering, “this is who you’ve always been.” But something in me doesn’t agree anymore. Because I’ve seen Him— not from a distance, not as an idea— but as the Artist with His hand on the brush. And I am the canvas. Not blank— no… never blank— but covered in layers of places I tried to fix, hide, rewrite on my own. And still… He didn’t step back. He stepped closer. M
Shel Dammann
Apr 101 min read
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Living Fearless: The Invitation to Remain in Him
Midleton Distillery Tour County Cork Ireland 2026 There’s a quiet unraveling happening in me. Not loud. Not dramatic. But steady. Deep. True. And it’s not leading me back to myself as much as it’s drawing me deeper into something greater— Jesus’ invitation to remain in Him…and to see myself through His plans and purposes. Recently, I’ve been reading Living Fearless by Jamie Winship, while also stepping into deeper coaching conversations where I’m inviting Jesus directly into
Shel Dammann
Apr 105 min read
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Learning to Be Still When Stillness Isn’t Easy
Psalm 27:13–14 “I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” Lately, the Lord has been inviting me into something simple—but not easy. Be still. This invitation came alongside words I read recently from Peyton Garland’s piece, “Slow Life Has Sold Us Too Many Lies.” A few lines stopped me in my tracks: “Slow isn’t easy and guarantees failure.” “Slow is not easy, a
Shel Dammann
Jan 84 min read
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The Sacred Stillness of an Unlikely Place
This Christmas, I keep coming back to the manger. 🤍 We often imagine it as peaceful and serene…but the reality was far more raw. Uncomfortable. Uncertain. Marked by pain, trust, and an impossible calling. I’ve been thinking about Mary—and Joseph—standing in the middle of a story they could never have scripted, leaning fully into God’s provision in the most unlikely place. And yet, that is where love entered the world. God does that. He meets us in what feels messy, hard, an
Shel Dammann
Dec 24, 20251 min read
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When God Leads Us Into the Unknown: A Shared Season of Renewal
Waiting in the Word There are seasons when God’s invitation is not to do more—but to go deeper . I find myself in one of those seasons right now. And as I sit with it, I realize this season isn’t just about where God has me —it’s about where He has been faithfully leading so many of us together . Over the past months, I’ve had the sacred honor of walking alongside clients who entered coaching longing for change. Some came hoping to lose weight. Others came weary, burned out,
Shel Dammann
Dec 18, 20254 min read
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When the Season Doesn’t Feel Merry and Bright
When We are not feeling that Christmas Joy There are seasons when the world tells us to sparkle—to gather, to celebrate, to feel grateful and full. But sometimes the heart doesn’t match the music. Sometimes this season feels empty. Marked by disappointment, loss, unmet expectations, or pain that hasn’t loosened its grip. And instead of joy, what rises is weariness. Instead of celebration, a quiet ache. If this is you, you are not failing the season.You are living honestly wi
Shel Dammann
Dec 16, 20254 min read
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Entering the Life-Light
The Light of the World Scripture: John 1:9–13 (The Message) The Life-Light was the real thing. Every person entering Life he brings into Light… But whoever believed he was who he claimed and would do what he said, He made to be their true selves, their child-of-God selves. There are moments when a verse does not simply speak to us—it enters us. John tells us that Jesus is not just a bearer of light, but Life itself , and that this Life is the Light of all people. This is not
Shel Dammann
Dec 16, 20252 min read
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Finishing the Year Well: From Pressure to Peace, From Worry to WorshipÂ
A calendar filled with love I don’t know about you, but this time of year has a way of sneaking up on me. Maybe it’s the cold settling in — I’m not exactly a winter girl. Maybe it’s the inbox full of “Finish Strong!” messages. Maybe it’s the questions that swirl around like snow: Did I do everything I said I would do this year? Did I lose the weight? Save the money? Grow the business? Heal the relationship? And if I’m honest…I get tired just thinking about it. There’s a part
Shel Dammann
Dec 12, 20253 min read
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Returning to God's Heart: A Journey of Awakening
There’s a moment in Scripture that has been stirring in me this week—a moment of holy awakening, a moment of clarity so sharp it cuts straight through the fog of forgetfulness. It’s the scene in 2 Kings 22 , when young King Josiah hears the Word of the Lord for the first time. The Book of the Law is found after generations of dust and neglect, and when it is read aloud, something breaks open inside him. He tears his garments in grief. Not because God rejected him. But becau
Shel Dammann
Nov 15, 20256 min read
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