This conversation was encouraging to have and then I found myself taking notes as I listened again to the wisdom my guest, Dr. Cindy Kizanis shared.
Cindy Kizanis, M.A. MFT, Doctor of Intercultural Studies, is an adjunct professor of Marriage and Family
Therapy at Western Seminary and co-founder of Be.loved Ministries. She has been encouraging, teaching,
and equipping women for over 25 years. She loves reading, music, painting and creating, and is always ready
for a good kitchen dance party! Since deciding to close her therapy practice, she has been happily spending
time on writing projects, and most recently has learned how to tattoo eyebrows! She is turning the chapter on
a new season of life as an empty nester, along with her husband of 33 years, in a small town on the outskirts
of Silicon Valley.
We spoke about a lot of topics regarding women learning about who they are, following God through our senses and being encouragers of women as they get to know themselves better, but when Cindy read Psalm 92 in the context of our conversation, the ancient words landed in my soul in a new way.
The righteous will flourish like a palm tree,
they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;
13 planted in the house of the Lord,
they will flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They will still bear fruit in old age,
they will stay fresh and green,
15 proclaiming, “The Lord is upright;
he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.” (Ps. 92:12-15 NIV)
