Made for Impact

Human Design Exposed: What Christians Need to Know Before Trusting It

In this thought-provoking episode of Made for Impact, host Petia Kolibova Burns dives into the controversial world of human design—a system mixing astrology, I Ching, Kabbalah, and chakras—and why she no longer puts her trust in it. Once a tool she embraced in her personal and professional life, Petia now re-examines its origins and spiritual implications through the lens of her Christian faith.

She candidly shares how she was first drawn in, what made human design so appealing, and the moment she began to question whether this system was truly serving her—or subtly pulling her away from God.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

• The real origins of human design (and why its mystical roots matter).
  • How Petia went from skeptic to believer to Christ-led truth seeker.
  • Why human design, astrology, enneagram, and similar tools may feel like solutions—but leave a deeper spiritual void.
  • The danger of using external systems as “temporary fixes” instead of pursuing lasting fulfillment in God.
  • Questions every woman of faith should ask herself before relying on new age practices.

Key Scriptures & Reflections

• The Bible’s caution against idolatry and misplaced trust.
  • Why seeking identity and purpose outside of God can become a subtle form of bondage.

Let’s Continue the Conversation

• ✨ Have you used human design or similar tools? What was your experience?
  • 💬 DM Petia on Instagram @petiakolibova to share your story.
  • 📲 Share this episode with a friend who’s questioning or transitioning away from new age practices.
  • ⭐️ Leave a review to help more women of faith find this message and step into God’s truth.

Resources & Links

• Follow Petia on Instagram: @petiakolibova
  • Listen to more episodes of Made for Impact on Apple Podcasts or your favorite app

Faith-Filled Femininity: Learning to Soften and Trust God’s Lead

In this heartfelt solo episode of Made for Impact, Petia Kolibova Burns shares a personal message God placed on her heart about faith-filled femininity. She explores the patterns many women inherit of overworking, hustling, and carrying the weight of family, work, and community on their shoulders. Drawing from her own journey—from her European upbringing, through her boss-babe era, to her transformation as a follower of Jesus—Petia invites women to soften, slow down, and lean on God. She shares how letting go of control and embracing softness strengthens marriages, restores balance, and opens the door to God’s true calling.

Key Takeaways

• Many women feel they must do it all—work, family, community—but this leads to exhaustion and disconnection.
• Faith-filled femininity is about softening and allowing God (and our husbands) to step into their roles.
• Petia shares her shift from self-reliance and hustle to trusting God fully with her calling.
• When women soften, they create space for their husbands to lead and for God to guide.
• True rest and fulfillment come not from control, but from surrender and trust in God’s plan.

Reflection Questions

• Where in your life or relationships can you soften and release control?
• How can you invite God into your daily rhythms instead of trying to do everything on your own?
• What old patterns of hustle or self-reliance might God be asking you to let go of?
• How can you create more space for your husband or loved ones to lead?

Resources & Next Steps

If this episode encouraged you, share it with a friend who needs a reminder to soften and trust God. Stay connected with Petia on Instagram at @petiakolibova and tune in for future episodes where faith and purpose meet.

Trusting God’s Guidance in Business, Marriage, and Life: Finding Peace in His Plan

In this episode of Made for Impact, host Petia Kolibova Burns opens her heart about faith, family, and the freedom that comes from aligning life and business with God’s direction.

Through the story of her husband’s bold step into sales after years of struggle, Petia highlights how obedience to God—even when it feels illogical—leads to unexpected blessings, growth, and deeper trust. She shares her own evolution as an entrepreneur: moving away from chasing every client toward creating a flexible business model that honors both her calling and her family.

This episode also offers a heartfelt reminder to cherish life’s fragile moments. A friend’s sudden passing shifted her perspective, underscoring the importance of gratitude and presence.

If you’ve ever wrestled with making “logical” choices versus Spirit-led ones, or wondered how to build a business and life that glorify God while serving your family, this episode will bless you.

💡 Key Takeaways

• Seek God’s guidance first, not just human advice.
• Obedience, even when hard, leads to growth and provision.
• Redefine success: choose alignment over hustle.
• Build a flexible business model that supports your family and faith.
• Practice gratitude for unplanned blessings.
• Life is fragile—be present and treasure your loved ones.

🙏 Action Steps

• Reflect on one area where you can trust God more deeply.
• Write down 3 unexpected blessings this week as a gratitude practice.
• Reevaluate if your work and commitments align with your values and family needs.
• Pray for courage to follow God’s direction, even when it feels counter-cultural.
• Share this episode with a friend who needs encouragement.

📌 Call to Action

👉 If this episode encouraged you, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so more women of faith can find encouragement and hope.
👉 Want to clarify your calling and create a faith-aligned business? Book your free Purpose Activation Call: https://calendly.com/bestrongminded/purpose-activation-call

Breaking Free from “Shoulds”: Finding Your God-Given Purpose with Jessica Frew

In this episode of Made for More, Petia Kolibova Burns sits down with Jessica Frew—author of Shove Your Shoulds and host of the podcast The Husband-in-Law. Jessica opens up about her powerful story of divorce, rebuilding her life, and discovering freedom by letting go of the weight of societal “shoulds.”

Together, Petia and Jessica explore:
💔 Embracing authenticity after divorce — how Jessica rebuilt her life and faith after heartbreak.
🪞 Overcoming societal conditioning — why so many women live under the pressure of “shoulds” and how to break free.
🌱 Practical strategies for personal growth — including reframing “should” into “could,” trusting your gut, and aligning decisions with your God-given values.
🙌 Faith and self-care as a role model — why putting yourself after God isn’t selfish, but essential to being the wife, mother, and woman He’s called you to be.

Jessica also shares her three-step process for reconnecting with your true self:
1. Be gentle with yourself.
2. Listen to your inner voice (and God’s direction).
3. Take small daily actions to build confidence and trust.

Next Steps for Listeners

📝 Try the “Should Challenge”: Identify one “should” per day and reframe it.
✨ Try the “Trust Your Gut Challenge”: Do one small thing daily that you feel God nudging you toward.
📖 Grab Jessica’s new book: https://shoveyourshoulds.com
📲 Connect with Jessica on Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyJessicaFrew

Why This Episode Matters

If you’ve ever felt weighed down by who you think you “should” be—whether as a wife, mom, or woman of faith—this conversation will inspire you to step into who God created you to be. It’s a reminder that your story, your purpose, and your voice matter, and that freedom comes when you trade “should” for God’s truth.

 

 

 

About Jessica Frew:

Author of Shove Your Shoulds, Speaker, and Bold Decision Coach

She helps ambitious women unlearn the conditioning they were raised with so they can make bold, imperfect decisions without guilt, fear, or second-guessing. As a speaker, author, and coach, she blends personal experience (including navigating divorce, a mixed-orientation marriage, and blending families) with a proven decision-making framework to guide women back to trusting their intuition.

Whether on stage, in coaching, or through her book, her mission is to help women stop living by everyone else’s rules and start living boldly, unapologetically, and in full alignment with who they were created to be.

Stop Striving, Start Trusting: God’s Plan Is Better

Have you ever felt like no matter how hard you try, things just don’t turn out the way you planned? In this episode, host Petia Kolibova Burns shares her raw and real journey of letting go of striving, surrendering her pain to God, and discovering the peace that comes only from trusting His plan.

Through stories of personal loss, marriage struggles, and moments of deep surrender, Petia reveals how obedience and faith opened unexpected doors of provision and healing. If you’ve been waiting on an unanswered prayer, facing disappointment, or carrying the weight of trying to control every outcome, this episode will remind you: God’s plan is always better than yours.

Key Takeaways

• Release the pressure: Striving only leads to burnout; trust brings freedom.
• Obedience matters: Small steps of obedience can unlock big blessings.
• God redeems loss: Even in heartbreak, God’s presence brings peace and purpose.
• Unity through faith: Petia and her husband’s spiritual growth shows how surrender can restore relationships.
• Peace in God’s timing: His delays are not denials—His plan is worth waiting for.

Action Steps

• Reflect: Where are you striving instead of trusting God?
• Pray: Turn your requests into praise and gratitude.
• Journal: What would it look like if you surrendered this area fully to God?
• Share: Send this episode to someone who needs encouragement in a waiting season.
• Connect: Join Petia on Instagram @petiakolibova to share your testimony of faith.

Call to Action

✨ Ready to clarify your calling and grow your God-aligned business? Book your free Purpose Activation Call here: https://calendly.com/bestrongminded/purpose-activation-call

God’s Delays Are Not Denials: Learning to Rest in His Perfect Timing

Have you ever felt like your prayers are going unanswered, or that God has forgotten about the promises He’s spoken over your life? In this episode, Petia Kolibova Burns reminds you that God’s delays are not His denials. Through personal stories, biblical encouragement, and practical steps, you’ll learn how to trust His timing, release frustration, and rest in His perfect plan.

Whether you’re waiting for breakthrough in your business, family, health, or faith journey—this message will give you the peace and perspective you need to keep going with hope.

What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Why delays are part of God’s preparation, not His punishment
- How Abraham, Joseph, and David’s waiting seasons prepared them for their calling
- Practical ways to rest in God’s timing when you feel frustrated or discouraged
- How to see provision in the wilderness and daily grace in the waiting

Scripture Reference:
Habakkuk 2:3 (NLT) — “If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently, for it will surely take place. It will not be delayed.”

✨ Friend, don’t confuse God’s “not yet” with “no.” His timing is perfect, and His promises will always be fulfilled.

Resources & Next Steps:
👉 Book your free Purpose Activation Call with Petia: https://calendly.com/bestrongminded/purpose-activation-call

If this episode encouraged you, please share it with a friend and leave a review—it helps the show reach more women of faith who want to build a purpose-driven life and business.

No More Compromises: Living Fully for God Without Settling

Have you ever caught yourself saying, “It’s just a little compromise…”? Whether it’s in your health, your relationships, your finances, or your faith, those small choices add up—and can slowly pull us away from the life God designed us to live.

In today’s episode of Made for Impact, I share a deeply moving moment from a church service that shook me to my core and challenged me to see where I was still compromising in my own life and business. Drawing from the story of Daniel, I’ll show you why even “small” compromises matter, and how living with obedience and conviction leads to freedom, health, and deeper intimacy with God.

This is an honest, vulnerable, and practical conversation about being “built different” as followers of Jesus and choosing to live differently—without apologizing or settling for less than God’s best.

✨ What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

• Why there are no “small” compromises in faith or life
• What the story of Daniel teaches us about obedience and being set apart
• How your “diet” (food, media, influences) shapes your soul and spirit
• Simple ways to notice and eliminate compromise in your daily choices
• How God blesses and honors obedience in every area of your life

🔗 Call to Action

If this episode spoke to you, take a moment to share it with a friend who needs encouragement to stop compromising and step into God’s best.

And if you’re ready to clarify your calling and build a purpose-driven life and business without compromise, book a Purpose Activation Call with me today → https://calendly.com/bestrongminded/purpose-activation-call

Your obedience plants seeds for the fruit God wants to grow in your life 🌱✨

How to Find Peace, Gratitude, and God’s Blessings When Life Feels Overwhelming

This week felt like a month.
Between hosting extra guests in our home, being witnesses in a legal case, preparing for our pregnancy announcement, podcast interviews, endless errands, and planning my daughter’s 2nd birthday—life has been FULL.

But here’s the thing…
Even in the overwhelm, God was reminding me: these are blessings.
In this episode of Made for Impact, I’m sharing the real, unfiltered behind-the-scenes of a week that felt stretched to the max—and how I found peace by pausing, breathing, and thanking God in the middle of the chaos.

You’ll hear:
- The unexpected guests who reminded me what hospitality really means
- How a stressful legal day became a moment of connection with my husband
- Why reframing “too much” into “thank you” changes everything
- A practical way to shift from overwhelm to gratitude instantly

If you’ve been feeling like life is coming at you from all directions, this conversation will help you slow down, see the blessings, and rest in God’s presence—even when the laundry pile says otherwise.

✨ Ready to Clarify Your Calling & Live with Purpose?
Let’s uncover what God has uniquely designed you to do so you can step into impact with confidence.
Book your Purpose Activation Call here:
👉 https://calendly.com/bestrongminded/purpose-activation-call

Resources & Links:
- Share your thoughts on this episode by leaving a review—it means the world to me!
- Follow me on Instagram: @petiakolibova (https://instagram.com/petiakolibova)
- More episodes & resources: www.petiakolibova.com

From AI Skeptic to AI Support System: How I Simplified My Busine

In this heartfelt episode of *Made For Impact*, Petia Kolibova shares her journey from resisting AI to embracing it as a powerful tool in her faith-led business. As a mama to a toddler and currently expecting her next child, Petia reflects on how AI has become a silent team member—helping her simplify tasks, save time, and focus on what truly matters. From using Gamma App for presentations to ChatGPT for show notes, she opens up about how AI allows her to stay present with her family while still walking in her calling.

Key Takeaways

- You can honor human connection and still leverage AI as a support system.

- AI tools can drastically reduce the time spent on repetitive tasks.

- Embracing help isn’t weakness—it’s wisdom, especially in seasons of motherhood.

- Technology doesn’t replace your voice or message—it amplifies it.

Resources Mentioned

- Gamma App (for presentations)

- Restream (for audio transcription)

- ChatGPT (for repurposing content and writing assistance)

Connect with Petia

Instagram: @petiakolibova

Website: www.petiakolibova.com

Listener Reflection

How do you feel about AI right now? Are you resisting it—or are you ready to maximize it in your business and life?

Faith Through the Fire: How Melanie Cox Found Hope After Infertility, Depression, and Doubt

In this deeply personal and inspiring episode, Petia Kolibova Burns sits down with Melanie Cox—Jesus-loving truth-teller, mom of five miracle children, and author of the upcoming book *You Have to Know*. Together, they open up about life’s hardest moments, including Petia’s own legal and pregnancy journey and Melanie’s battles with infertility, depression, and spiritual warfare.

You’ll hear raw stories of suffering turned to strength, and powerful faith lessons learned through loss, doubt, and redemption. Melanie shares how God met her in the middle of her mess, how Scripture became her shield in hard times, and how her story became a testimony of God’s goodness.

Whether you’re navigating grief, feeling stuck, or wondering where God is in your situation—this episode will remind you: He’s closer than you think.

📘 Mentioned in This Episode:

- Melanie’s upcoming book: *You Have to Know* (Releasing October)

- Melanie’s Instagram: @melaniecoxco

- Petia’s journey through pregnancy and faith

- Conversations on spiritual warfare, forgiveness, and trusting God through trials

🔥 Topics Covered:

- Faith in the wilderness season

- Overcoming infertility and depression

- How to use scripture in spiritual warfare

- Finding peace after heartbreak

- Encouragement for Christian moms and entrepreneurs

👩‍💼 Guest Bio: Melanie Cox

Melanie Cox is a Jesus-loving truth-teller, wife of 30+ years, and proud mom of five miracle kids. She’s known for her bold faith, outrageous stories, and ability to bring hope and humor into even the messiest moments.

From parenting meltdowns to personal breakthroughs, Melanie’s journey is a living testimony that God meets us right in the middle of our mess—and rewrites the story with love, purpose, and freedom.

She’s the author of *You Have to Know*—a raw, real, and refreshingly funny devotional for women who are tired of pretending and ready for honest faith. The book shares 20 powerful stories of healing, identity, and encounters with God’s truth.

A successful entrepreneur, Melanie is the founder of Blue Oak Rescue (which saves horses off slaughter trucks), and CEO of multiple companies, including Cox Family Funding, EMC Property Management, and Monarch Real Estate Holdings.

But her greatest joy? Raising five children who know they are deeply loved—and who know Jesus as their Lord and Savior.

Melanie is also a rising voice in women’s ministry and has been invited to speak at Bible studies, women’s events, and podcasts across the country. She’s passionate about helping women know the depth of God’s love, break free from the lies of the enemy, and walk confidently in who they were created to be.

Her life motto?
“Thank You God—today is my best day ever.”