Rare Faith Blog

Meet Kathryn Barney, Mindset Mastery Honors Graduate, piano teacher, entrepreneur, wife, and mother extraordinaire. What I love about Kathryn is how she dealt with the bully in her head during her Mindset Mastery course that almost had her convinced that manifesting doesn’t work for her. I am al...

By Kathryn Barney “When we remember to stop struggling, we rediscover we are floating. Trust the water, it will carry you.” – My Blue is Not Your Blue I absolutely loved my time in the Mindset Mastery Guided course. Narrowing it down to just one “aha” moment has been tough—because I grew so muc...

By Kathryn Barney In The Lost Prince by Frances Hodgson Burnett, young Marco suddenly finds himself in a desperate situation. “‘What will it be best to think about first?’ This he said because one of the most absorbingly fascinating things he and his father talked about together was the powe...

By Kathryn Barney “Be aware of what season you are in and give yourself the grace to be there.” — Kristen Dalton I’m so grateful to have learned more about the Law of Rhythm. I’d heard all my life that we go through different seasons for different reasons, but like so many other principles,...

By Kathryn Barney In Secrets of Six-Figure Women: Surprising Strategies to Up Your Earnings and Change Your Life, it says, “all problems -- from a gnawing sense you could be making more to the gut-wrenching pain of staggering debt -- have a purpose (p. 72).” It’s a principle I’ve always believe...

By Kathryn Barney “Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. . .The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain” (The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran, p. 17). This imagery is so powerful—sor...

By Kathryn Barney “His goal attracts him, because he doesn’t let anything enter his soul which might oppose the goal. . .He has that mysterious quality of those people to whom success comes all by itself” (from Siddhartha by Hermann Hessee). When my first marriage ended, I was completely heartb...

By Kathryn Barney I was fiercely committed to helping my mentally ill, rebellious son get the help he needed. In fact, I had never been so passionately dedicated to anything in my life. Like any mother, I loved him with all of my heart — a heart that was breaking as we fought our way through an ...

By Kathryn Barney “Every ounce of energy you invest in pursuing your goals will help you grow toward God’s plan for you . . . even if you end up somewhere you hadn’t counted on.” – Chip Gaines Like Leslie teaches, God can’t steer a parked car. If I want Heavenly Father to guide me—if I want...

By Kathryn Barney I’m currently facing a challenge that’s cutting me to my core. I’ve been through harder things—much harder—but this one is shaking me at the level of my purpose. It’s making me question why I’m here and what I’m meant to do. I have a relationship with someone very close to me ...