Weekly Meetings with God: How Dr. Aundrea T. Harris Builds Business on Divine Direction

When the Steady Paycheck Becomes the Wrong Path

Most business owners would cling to a government contract. The stability, the prestige, the reliable income — it checks every practical box. Dr. Aundrea T. Harris had exactly that kind of contract sustaining her consulting firm, Growing Through Life International®, for a few years. And she walked away from it anyway.

Not because the work was beneath her. Not because the money dried up. She walked away because God kept making it clear: this is not where I want you in this season.

"I held on to that particular contract for longer than I was supposed to until I feel like I was almost pushed out. I made the decision — it's time for me to release this — knowing that this is the top sustaining income in my business. And I trusted God to take care of me beyond that."

For anyone who has ever stood at that crossroads — where faith and financial security pull in opposite directions — Dr. Harris's story is both a warning and an invitation. The warning: staying too long in the wrong assignment will cost you more than the income you think you're protecting. The invitation: the space you create when you let go is exactly where God does his best work.

The Woman Behind the Work

Dr. Aundrea T. Harris is a psychologist, global speaker, certified speaker coach, and rest strategist with a doctorate in industrial-organizational psychology emphasizing leadership development & coaching. She is the CEO of two businesses: Growing Through Life International®, a consulting firm and enterprise committed to helping black women, heal, rest, grow, grow; and FAITH Connection® (afaithconnection.com), an online store built around inspired words, Christian faith-rooted products, and a vision God gave her back in 2005.

The name of that second business carries its own theology. FAITH, as Dr. Harris defines it, stands for Finally Allowing It To Happen®.. Three books. A YouTube channel. A counseling director role at her local church. And a growing platform under the handle Your Growth Agent across Instagram and YouTube. By any measure, she is a woman managing hats aligned with seasonal capacity — and she is the first to tell you that is only possible because of how intentionally she guards her time with God.

Business Meetings with the CEO of the Universe

Ask Dr. Harris how she integrates faith into her daily leadership, and she does not give you a Sunday school answer. She gives you a calendar entry.

"I have what I call weekly business meetings with God. I actually had to create that space because of the consistent downloads of ideas I get on a day-to-day basis. I needed to create that space so I can practice stillness before God and really listen and tune in to what he is sharing with me — and also to learn if this is for now, if this is for later, or if this is for someone else."

This is not just devotional language dressed up in business vocabulary. Dr. Harris is describing a genuine discernment practice — one that distinguishes between a good idea and a God idea, between a right-now move and a right-season move. In a culture that rewards the loudest, fastest, most prolific output, she has built her company on the discipline of stillness.

She is also honest about what it took to get there. For a season, her prayer life looked less like a strategy meeting and more like a wish list — asking God to fix things, bring clients, and rescue situations. The shift came when she stopped performing for God and started simply being with him.

"I found that I was doing things from myself," she reflects, "and not living that well-rested life before God and embracing what he's already given to me." That realization changed everything about how she leads.

The Generosity Trap — and the Way Out

There is a version of generosity that looks like faith but is actually driven by fear. Dr. Harris lived it for years — offering free coaching, waiving event fees, giving away services she had worked hard to develop.

"I was giving from a place of what I thought was generosity and faith, but it was from a place of fear and lack. I would do a lot of things for free, and when I look back, it was like — no, that wasn't generosity. That was you operating from a place of fear that people wouldn't pay or see the value of what you offer."

She is not preaching that generosity is wrong. She serves as the counseling director at her church, offering initial sessions at no cost as a deliberate investment in the congregation and a way to align with the pastoral team. She sets aside a specific, intentional amount for community giving and seed sowing. The difference is that it now comes from a place of abundance and purpose — not anxiety.

The practical lesson for every leader: examine where your generosity is actually coming from. If you are discounting your prices because you doubt people will value you, that is not a giving spirit — it is an identity wound wearing generous clothing. True generosity flows from security, not scarcity.

Stop Hiding the Kingdom in Your Business Card

For years, Dr. Harris kept Growing Through Life International® and FAITH Connection® carefully separated. Her psychology and consulting work stayed in one lane. Her faith-rooted brand stayed in another. It felt professional. It felt safe. It also felt like a slow-burning tension she could not ignore.

"As I began to sit more with God and really say, this is who I am, it felt like a tug. Once I began to align everything with Scripture, with what God was giving me, it flows now. Nine times — well, ten times out of ten — if I'm somewhere, whether I'm speaking or hosting something, at some point or another, I'm going to say something about God."

Her challenge to other Christian business leaders is direct: stop compartmentalizing. The gifts God placed in you, the insight he's given you for what you're building — those were never meant to be separated from the source. You do not have to open every meeting with a sermon. But you do not have to hide who you are either.

"Be authentically who God created you to be," she says. "God uniquely made you, specifically for that particular gift you have. Do not be afraid to let people know that you are a kingdom business, that these are the values and things that drive what you do."

What Monday Morning Actually Looks Like

So what does it look like to lead the way Dr. Harris leads? Here are three practices worth borrowing this week:

Schedule the meeting. Block time on your calendar specifically to sit with God about your business — not to petition, but to listen. Bring your ideas, your decisions, your open questions. Practice discernment: is this for now, for later, or for someone else?

Audit your generosity. Look at where you are giving away your time, talent, or services for free. Ask honestly: is this coming from faith and purpose, or from fear that I will not be chosen if I charge my worth? Generosity grounded in abundance honors God. Generosity grounded in insecurity depletes you and often fails the very people you are trying to serve.

Name your faith in your work. You do not have to rebrand overnight. But find one place — a bio, a conversation, a speaking moment — where you stop separating who you are from what you do. Let the alignment begin to flow.

The Space You Create

Dr. Aundrea T. Harris released a government contract that most of her peers would have called her foolish to leave. She restructured her generosity around faith instead of fear. She stopped hiding the kingdom behind a corporate-sounding brand. And in doing all of that, she created space.

Space for what God had been trying to give her all along.

"You create that space for what God really has for you," she says simply, "and it's beyond our imagination."

That is the testimony. And it is still being written.

Connect with Dr. Aundrea T. Harris at growingthroughlife.net and afaithconnection.com, or bit.ly/draundreaspeakercoaching.