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
www.sistazaspublishing.com
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.
HOPE & RENEWAL JOURNEY
RESTORING HEARTS, REBUILDING LIVES
BY PASTOR BRENDA FRUSTER
THE CALL TO COMFORT
When grief arrives uninvited, it leaves
footprints on the soul. For many, loss can
feel like the end of a chapter, yet through
faith, it becomes the beginning of a new
testimony. The Hope & Renewal Journey
was born from this sacred understanding, a
movement created to bring healing,
restoration, and community to widows and
those navigating the shadows of sorrow.
Pastor Brenda Fruster, whose own life has
been marked by both deep love and
profound loss, shares,
“Grief is not the absence of faith; it’s the
place where faith learns to breathe again.”
Through this journey, Pastor Brenda helps
others rediscover their connection to God’s
promises. Weekly devotionals, reflective
journal prompts, and guided prayers help
participants embrace healing as an ongoing
process, a renewal that unfolds gently, like
morning light breaking through the night.
The Hope & Renewal Journey extends
beyond words on a page; it’s a living
community where women gather to pray,
share, and find strength in one another’s
testimonies. Each story becomes a reminder
that no one heals alone. Hope multiplies
when carried together.
The heartbeat of this ministry is community.
From small group gatherings to online
devotionals, Pastor Brenda leads with
compassion, weaving faith and resilience
into the lives of others.
Participants learn to:
Reflect on God’s promises through
Scripture.
Release the weight of grief through
prayer and journaling.
Rebuild confidence and faith through
connection and purpose.
Each week centers on themes such as
Trusting God’s Timing, Healing in His
Presence, and Walking by Faith, Not by
Sight. The devotional moments are
complemented by the Hope & Renewal
Journal, a companion that guides reflection
through 90 days of prayer, gratitude, and
renewal.
The ministry’s mission echoes Romans 15:13:
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy
and peace as you trust in Him.”
Through this sacred work, Pastor Brenda
reminds every heart that healing is not
forgetting, it’s learning to live again with
grace, gratitude, and renewed purpose.
✨ For more information about joining the
Hope & Renewal Journey or supporting the
widow’s ministry, visit
HopeRenewalJourney.com
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