Fall Splendor October 2025 Edition
Harvesting Your Purpose. Nurturing Your Transformation.
This season, Sistazas Empowered Magazine invites you to pause, breathe, and celebrate the beauty of change.
The Fall Splendor Edition is a rich tapestry of voices and visions, a collection of stories that celebrate courage, transformation, and harvest. From faith-rooted entrepreneurs to wellness innovators, each page reminds us that growth is the natural rhythm of life.
Step into inspiring features with:
Empowered Voices. Extraordinary Impact.
This Fall Splendor issue celebrates purpose, preparation, and transformation, featuring remarkable leaders, healers, and visionaries who embody the beauty of change and the power of gratitude.
Dr. Rhonda Boggi on Resilience and Nurse Wellness.
Dr. Leah Byers on leadership grounded in grace and wisdom.
Joanne Murray on writing your vision and harvesting your purpose.
Pastor Brenda Fruster on finding hope and renewal through grief.
Coach Rashida Neferti Wright on seasonal nourishment and spiritual balance.
✨ Featured Luminaries
Attorney Tania Bartolini — Peace Through Preparation
Guiding others through life transitions with clarity, courage, and grace.
Ashley Morgan — Building Legacy with Integrity
Empowering families through financial wisdom and the heart of home ownership with IMG Integrity Mortgage Group.
Dr. Manal Fakhoury — Mindful Leadership in Motion
Championing conscious leadership, philanthropy, and community wellbeing through wisdom and service.
Leda I. Pérez — Faith, Service & Leadership at the YMCA
A visionary executive blending spirituality and strategy to build thriving communities.
Lisa Balogh — Faith, Family & Purpose in Motion
The creator of Clean Baby Booty & Spicy Meatball 3D Printing, inspiring innovation through love and laughter.
Dr. Dothlyn Sterling — Healing the Heart of Humanity
Medical leader and humanitarian bridging science, service, and compassion across nations.
Emmanuel Kemeh — Leadership with Vision
A global entrepreneur devoted to ethical business, innovation, and the empowerment of purpose-driven leaders.
Plus: essential oils of Scripture, mindfulness practices, and autumn recipes for healing.
Inside Fall Splendor, you’ll discover:
Devotionals for the soul: reflections on faith, gratitude, and preparation.
Wellness for the season: foods, rhythms, and rituals that restore balance.
Stories of transformation, how women across every background are turning trials into triumphs.
Guided journal pages and affirmations to help you align, release, and rise.
✨ Theme: Harvesting Your Purpose
Publisher: Sistazas Coaching & Publishing LLC
Contact: info@sistazaspublishing.com
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Where women rise together in faith, in purpose, and in splendor.
Together, They Remind Us:
That every story, when shared, becomes a seed of hope.
Every act of service is a harvest of grace.
And every change, no matter how small, is part of a greater splendor.
COURAGE & TRANSFORMATION
DYING TO LIVE
“DYING TO OURSELVES CAN FEEL LIKE A BAD THING. MOST PEOPLE WANT TO
EXALT, APPLAUD, AND PROMOTE THEMSELVES.
BUT IN GOD’S KINGDOM, DYING TO OURSELVES IS ESSENTIAL.
“I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST AND I NO LONGER LIVE, BUT CHRIST LIVES
IN ME. THE LIFE I NOW LIVE IN THE BODY, I LIVE BY FAITH IN THE SON OF GOD,
WHO LOVED ME AND GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ME.”
GALATIANS 2:20 NIV
A LUMP OF CLAY CANNOT BECOME A WORK OF ART UNLESS IT IS SHAPED INTO
SOMETHING ELSE. A CONTAINER OF PAINT CANNOT BE USED FOR A MASTERPIECE
UNLESS IT IS FIRST POURED OUT. A CARBON DEPOSIT MUST CHANGE IN ORDER TO
BECOME A DIAMOND. A CATERPILLAR MUST GIVE UP ITS OLD WAY OF LIFE IN
ORDER TO BECOME A MAGNIFICENT BUTTERFLY.
THE INVITATION TO DIE IS ACTUALLY AN INVITATION TO LIVE.
WHEN WE GIVE OUR LIVES TO GOD, WE’RE CHOOSING TO SURRENDER OUR PLANS,
OUR DESIRES, AND OUR GIFTS. AND THAT CAN BE HARD. BUT WE ALSO KNOW
THERE IS SOMETHING BETTER AND SOMEONE BETTER—ON THE OTHER SIDE.
GOD CAN REALIGN OUR PLANS, RESHAPE OUR DESIRES, AND REPURPOSE OUR
GIFTS FOR HIS GLORY.
THE APOSTLE PAUL, THE AUTHOR OF GALATIANS, KNEW FIRSTHAND THE LIFE-
CHANGING POWER OF CHRIST. CHRIST’S POWER RADICALLY TRANSFORMED PAUL,
FROM SOMEONE WHO PERSECUTED BELIEVERS, INTO A PASSIONATE FOLLOWER
OF JESUS.
BECAUSE OF THAT EXPERIENCE, PAUL KNEW THAT THE ONLY WAY TO LIVE WAS BY
SURRENDERING EVERY AREA OF HIS LIFE TO CHRIST. AND THAT’S WHY HE INVITES
US TO DO THE SAME.
JESUS COULDN’T HAVE BEEN RESURRECTED WITHOUT FIRST BEING CRUCIFIED—
AND THE SAME IS TRUE FOR US.
SO WHAT DO YOU NEED TO GIVE TO JESUS TODAY? WHAT BEHAVIOR, HABIT, OR
THOUGHT DO YOU NEED TO “CRUCIFY”? COME AS YOU ARE TO JESUS, AND GIVE
HIM PERMISSION TO TRANSFORM AND RENEW YOUR LIFE.”
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