Personal Development Resources
Leadership begins with you.
Invest in the leader behind your leadership. Explore practical resources designed to help you grow in confidence, develop healthy habits, and lead from a place of strength.
Amanda Viviers
Helping women find their voice, rewrite their story, and lead with courage.
Amanda Viviers is an Australian author, speaker, facilitator, and radio presenter who has spent more than 25 years helping people discover the power of their story. As the author of 15 books and co-founder of both Kinwomen and Change Your Story, Amanda creates spaces where women in leadership can pause, reflect, heal, and step confidently into their next season.
Through books, retreats, coaching, and her much-loved Write Club, Amanda encourages women to embrace creativity as a tool for growth, courage, and transformation. Her gentle, authentic approach reminds women that every story matters, and that sometimes the bravest thing we can do is simply begin.
Amanda Viviers’ Resources
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Inspired by Love
VIDEO PODCAST
AMANDA VIVIERSDiscover how creativity and storytelling can become powerful tools for healing, leadership, and personal growth. A wonderful introduction to Amanda and the heart behind her work.
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Kinwomen Aloud
PODCAST
AMANDA VIVIERSConversations exploring faith, identity, leadership, and everyday courage, designed to encourage women to thrive in every season of life.
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Self Compassion
VIDEO
AMANDA VIVIERSA teaching from Amanda drawn from her years of leadership with Compassion Australia. Practical and heartfelt, this is for women who lead with a sense of calling and want to reconnect with the why behind their work.
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Begin Again
BOOK
AMANDA VIVIERSA beautifully designed guided journal filled with reflective questions and creative exercises to help you find clarity, rediscover your purpose, and embrace a new season of leadership with confidence.
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Write Hard Online Course
ONLINE COURSE
AMANDA VIVIERS
A practical online course designed to help you discover your writing voice, tell meaningful stories, and move beyond creative blocks through practical tools and guided exercises.
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Write Club Live
ONLINE SESSIONS
AMANDA VIVIERS
Join Amanda's live online writing sessions where women leaders gather from around the world to reflect, journal, and write together in a welcoming and encouraging environment. No writing experience is needed—just a willingness to show up and begin.
Capable Life
Helping leaders navigate pressure with emotional health, self-awareness, and resilience.
Capable Life was founded by Steve and Lisa Cuss to help leaders manage the invisible dynamics that shape relationships, leadership, and wellbeing. Steve is a trauma and hospice chaplain and educated in Family Systems Theory. Lisa is a mental health clinician specialising in trauma and nervous system regulation. Together they bring together practical leadership development with deep psychological insight.
Through courses, coaching, podcasts, and practical resources, Capable Life equips leaders to recognise patterns such as reactivity, assumptions, unhealthy habits, and emotional triggers before they take hold. Their practical approach helps leaders build healthier relationships, develop lasting resilience, and create life-giving cultures wherever they lead.
Capable Life’s Resources
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TOOLs & TRAINING
CAPABLE LIFE
A collection of incredible tools, including a practical course on recognising and diffusing reactivity, helping you lead with greater awareness, resilience, and emotional wellbeing. -
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Notice and Diffuse Reactivity
VIDEO
CAPABLE LIFEDiscover practical strategies for recognising emotional reactivity in yourself and others, and learn how to respond with greater calm and wisdom.
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Leadership & Wellbeing Conversation with Steve and Lisa Cuss
VIDEO
CAPABLE LIFEAn honest conversation exploring trauma, grief, healing, and the path towards emotional health.
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Trauma, Tenacity, and Trusting God with Beth Moore
VIDEO
CAPABLE LIFEA powerful conversation on trauma, resilience, vulnerability, and finding hope through life's hardest seasons.
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A Merciful Response to Doubt with Lisa Fields
VIDEO
CAPABLE LIFEAn honest conversation about doubt, disappointment, and finding hope when faith doesn't look the way you expected.
The Gritty Girls Podcast
Honest conversations about faith, life, and leadership for women navigating real life.
The Gritty Girls Podcast is a place for honest conversations about faith, leadership, relationships, family, and the realities of everyday life. Hosted by Jeannie and Chel, each episode feels like sitting down with trusted friends over coffee to explore the challenges, questions, and joys that women face in every season.
With warmth, humour, and authenticity, the podcast encourages women to navigate life with courage, grow in their faith, and become all God created them to be. Whether you're leading in your workplace, church, home, or community, you'll find thoughtful conversations that encourage, challenge, and inspire.
The Gritty Girls’ Resources
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Gritty Girls Podcast Collection
PODCASTS
THE GRITTY GIRLS PODCASTDiscover a specially curated collection of Gritty Girls Podcast episodes, created exclusively for Women Leaders Alliance to strengthen the woman behind the leader through honest conversations and biblical truth.
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Your Approval Isn’t My Calling
PODCAST
THE GRITTY GIRLS PODCASTPeople‑pleasing can wear you out in ways you don’t even notice until your soul feels stretched thin. Chel and Jeannie are digging into how we can break free from that pressure and root our worth in Christ alone. The Gritty Girls want to remind you that real peace shows up when you stop chasing approval and start following the One who calls you His.
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Controlling Your Thoughts
PODCAST
THE GRITTY GIRLS PODCASTHave you ever wondered why it is so hard to control your thoughts and to change your mindset? Discover the reason why with Chel and Jeannie and learn how taking every thought captive can change your life!
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Burnout
PODCAST
THE GRITTY GIRLS PODCASTHave you ever experienced a period of time where you felt physically and emotionally depleted or just plain worn out? You are not alone. Join Chel and Jeannie, the Gritty Girls, and they discuss burnout and ways to cope in seasons of depletion.
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Staying Motivated
PODCAST
THE GRITTY GIRLS PODCASTHave you heard of National Quitters Day? This is the day where most people have already quit following their New Year Resolution and its sooner than you might think. In this podcast Chel and Jeannie, the gritty girls, discuss Motivation and some tips on staying motivated to reach your goals.
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Pride and Humility
PODCAST
THE GRITTY GIRLS PODCASTPride is the dandelion of the soul and those who have the sin of pride in their life often would deny that it is an issue for them. Join Chel and Jeannie, Gritty Girls, and they discuss pride and what it means to be humble.
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Breaking Free
PODCAST
THE GRITTY GIRLS PODCASTStep out of old narratives and into the truth that in Christ we are created to live free and not in chains. Explore, with the Gritty Girls, how to release a victim mindset and embrace the victorious identity Jesus has already secured for us. Get ready to rise with confidence and walk boldly as daughters who are fully free in Him.
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Overfunctioning
PODCAST
THE GRITTY GIRLS PODCASTWhat does the term overfunctioning mean? Do you show signs of overfunctioning? Join Chel and Jeannie, Gritty Girls, as they discuss what this term means and how to prevent it!
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Necessary Endings
PODCAST
THE GRITTY GIRLS PODCASTThink back to a time in your life where something ended - was it a relationship, a job, or something else? Would you say that it was a good thing or a bad thing in your life? Join Chel and Jeannie as the Gritty Girls talk about how not all endings are bad but instead are necessary for growth and to become more like Christ.
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Faith with Mud On It's Boots
PODCAST
THE GRITTY GIRLS PODCASTDiscuss how women can walk in grace and truth together, just as Jesus did. Chel and Jeannie explore the beauty of Christ-centred friendships, we’ll discover how His love shapes the way we support, encourage, and grow alongside one another as Gritty Girls.
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Grown Up inside Out
PODCAST
THE GRITTY GIRLS PODCASTAre you tired of your emotions controlling your life? Join Chel and Jeannie, Gritty Girls, as they discuss what it means to be an emotionally healthy woman.
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Titus 2 Living
PODCAST
THE GRITTY GIRLS PODCASTChel and Jeannie, Gritty Girls, explore embracing the Titus 2 journey—women intentionally investing in women, sharing wisdom, encouragement, and leadership across every generation.
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Perfectionism
PODCAST
THE GRITTY GIRLS PODCASTAre you a perfectionist? Join Chel and Jeannie, Gritty Girls, as they define perfectionism and how it can hinder your spiritual growth and leadership.
Jenny Baxter
Thoughtful devotional resources and spiritual formation for women leading with faith.
Soul Storyteller is a faith-based ministry creating thoughtful devotional resources, scriptural studies, and reflective learning experiences for women, particularly those in leadership. Through story, and guided reflection, they help women cultivate courage, clarity, and spiritual grounding for the long journey of leadership and life.
Founded by author, teacher, and leadership mentor Jenny Baxter, Soul Storyteller serves women who long to lead faithfully without losing themselves along the way.
Since 2018, Jenny has also led the Leading Light leadership cohort, supporting women through spiritual formation, reflective learning, and authentic community. Today, that legacy continues as part of Women Leaders Alliance.
Jenny Baxter’s Resources
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How to Journal with God
GUIDE
JENNY BAXTERA practical guide introducing reflective journalling as a simple spiritual practice, with prompts to help you hear God through Scripture and reflection.
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The Soul Storyteller Letter
EMAIL SERIES
JENNY BAXTERA fortnightly email offering Scripture, story, and thoughtful reflection to help women stay spiritually grounded in everyday leadership.
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Courageous Womanhood
DEVOTIONAL
JENNY BAXTERA sample devotional exploring how God develops courage through ordinary faithfulness rather than extraordinary performance.
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Reflective Articles
ARTICLES
JENNY BAXTERA growing collection of articles exploring leadership, courage, spiritual formation, grief, calling, and faithful living.
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Daily Reflection Videos
VIDEOS
JENNY BAXTERShort conversations with Jenny and Stephen Baxter exploring Scripture and its practical application to everyday life and leadership.
Elim Spring
A place of rest, restoration, and renewed strength for women leaders.
Based in China, Elim Spring is a global ministry creating spaces where women leaders can pause, be restored, and rediscover who they were created to be. Inspired by the biblical oasis of Elim, their heart is to provide a place where women feel seen, heard, and strengthened for the journey ahead.
Through online courses, workshops, reading groups, and community gatherings, Elim Spring supports women as they grow in emotional well-being, spiritual maturity, healthy relationships, and everyday leadership.
Their gentle, restorative approach helps women leaders move beyond exhaustion, embrace their identity, and step confidently into their God-given calling.
Elim Spring’s Resources
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Spiritual Growth Series
ONLINE COURSE
ELIM SPRINGA guided online course exploring emotional and spiritual growth, helping women find peace, overcome fear, and build a strong inner foundation.
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Relationship Healing Workshop
WORKSHOP
ELIM SPRINGSPractical teaching and guided reflection to help women navigate family relationships, marriage, parenting, and personal healing.
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Elim Reading Club
ONLINE CLUB
ELIM SPRINGSA monthly online book club encouraging meaningful conversations, personal growth, and connection with women from around the world.
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Weekly Community Gathering
ONLINE GATHERING
ELIM SPRINGA welcoming online gathering where women share honestly, encourage one another, and grow together in community.
