About Laura-Catherine Etheridge
I like order, clarity, and clearly defined next steps, especially when the stakes are high, and I desperately need to learn something new.
Due to experiencing a traumatic event when I was 4, I was left with high anxiety, decades of gruesome nightmares, and hundreds of swirling questions. I wanted the “abundant life” Jesus offered in John 10:10, but where were the practical, well-defined next steps that would help me get there?
Though I can thankfully report that I now have and enjoy that abundant life, my very long and meandering journey to get here has only further kindled my zeal for clearly defined next steps and practical wisdom.
Additionally, as a coach nearing 11,000 hours of client experience, the question I hear people ask the most is, “How?” That question has appeared in every training I have facilitated and in all the Bible studies and small groups I have led, only increasing my passion for this need and subject.
A few years ago, I sensed God nudging me to provide clear training and compile practical resources to aid others who are on their own journey with Jesus toward the abundant life He talks about in John 10:10.
I pray that the training and resources you find here will ease your burden of how and equip you with well-defined, clear next steps as you journey with Jesus into His promise of abundant life for you.
“And Jesus came and said to them, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.'” Matthew 28:18 -20 (ESV)
I’m Laura-Catherine Etheridge, a disciple of Jesus, a podcast host, and a leadership coach and consultant.
About Choosing Known
Long before it had a name, Choosing Known began as a compilation of lessons I learned along my journey from brokenness to abundant life. Lesson #1: If Jesus was going to make that incredible offer, I was going to learn how to take Him up on it. I asked Him, well, it was more like begged Him to teach me how, and He did.
Over the course of many years, He used various people, tools, and materials to teach me how to go from my lack to His abundant life. Choosing Known now exists to share those lessons and supply you with practical resources, so you will be well-equipped if you decide to take Jesus up on this promise He has also extended to you.
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The Formula Behind Change & Transformation
How does change and transformation work? What’s the formula? Is it something you can learn, and then use to actually change? How about the really hard stuff? Can people actually change? Yes! In today’s episode, Laura-Catherine takes this complex subject and breaks it down so we not only learn what the formula is, but why it works that way. And we learn how we can grow, change, and transform if we want to. It’s clear, practical, and powerful, and it’s waiting for you to hear, learn, and apply. So that you, too, can truly change and transform!
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How to Overcome Temptation & Finally Taste Freeing Rest
Temptation, it’s such a loaded word. Temptations so often start out sounding and feeling so good, only to bring us greater levels of disappointment and pain after the fact. And, unlike the fleeting delight of temptation, the pain and disappointment last so much longer. Why did I do that? Why can’t I get over this? Why can’t I get it together? Next time, I’ll try hard, I really will. But we do it again. In today’s episode, Frikkie and Laura-Catherine share the strategy Jesus taught for successfully overcoming temptation and how He fully heals and restores us from the pain incurred due to past failures in temptations. In Jesus’ strategy for overcoming and being fully healed of hurt due to failure in temptation, we can finally, finally taste of His satisfying, freeing rest.
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What’s Peace Made of and How to Literally Have it All the Time
Do you want peace that always continues and never stops? Jesus wants that for you to. We’re so used to peace being sporadic and intermingled with fear, anxiety, depression, etc., that the thought of peace that never stops sounds fake. How could that ever be true? If you learn the ingredients that make up peace and the pattern to follow to have peace and stay in peace, you can have what sounds too good to be true: unending peace. And you can have it in your life today, and the rest of your life, no matter what you are or have experienced that makes you feel fear, torment, or depression instead. Come learn how and walk in this for the rest of your life. Because it is possible!
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