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S2E6 | Guided by Grace: Martha Dazzio on Mentoring Young Women & Finding Purpose in Midlife

podcast season 2 Aug 10, 2026
 

Martha Dazzio’s story is about what can happen when God takes something already in your hands and begins expanding it into a new season of purpose.

After years of raising five children, teaching, and working in education, Martha began sensing a pull toward mentoring younger women. What started as a small Bible study with a handful of women in their 20s eventually grew into Guided by Grace, a mentoring ministry built around intentional relationships, discipleship, and prayer support.

Martha also shares some of the experiences that shaped her heart for this generation—including growing up without her mother, walking through anxiety and postpartum depression, and discovering what it truly means to have a personal relationship with Christ. Through prayer, Scripture, journaling, and daily quiet time with God, she found healing, purpose, and clearer direction for this stage of life.

If you sense God stirring something new in you but aren’t sure what the next step should be, Martha’s story will encourage you. Purpose doesn’t disappear with age. Sometimes God simply takes what’s already in your hands and shows you how to use it in a new way.

Delight in Every Step is about encouraging women like us to keep moving, growing, and trying new things in our 50s and beyond. Each episode, I introduce you to a woman who is doing just that.

 

For You

Do you have a dream in your heart, but don’t know what to do next?

Or maybe you’re sensing that God has a purpose for you in this season that you can’t quite put your finger on. I would be delighted to help you identify your next step!

👉 Find practical resources and support in your 50s and beyond at: www.FlourishwithLara.com

 

Connect with Martha Dazzio

https://www.guidedbygrace.org/

If you are in the Birmingham, Alabama, area and are interested in mentoring younger women, you may find your place with Guided by Grace!

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