Lissa Figgins Wants Women to Stop Asking “How Do I Fit It All In?”

Lissa Figgins spent years looking for a better time-management system. She now teaches that the system was never the problem.

The founder of REDEEM Her Time® works with what she calls high-capacity women: entrepreneurs, business owners, ministry leaders and moms who know they can carry a lot but aren’t sure they should carry all of it. Her question for them is different from the usual productivity pitch. Not “How do I fit it all in?” but “What is it time for?”

What was Lissa Figgins’ turning point?

For years Figgins juggled responsibilities, commitments and expectations, convinced that better time management was the answer. Eventually the pressure showed up in her body as a persistent sensation of a lump in her throat.

At the doctor’s appointment, the physician explained the term he used by circling his finger beside his head, as if to say she was crazy. The moment stung. It also showed her something she couldn’t ignore: she was driving herself crazy trying to do it all. That visit became a turning point in how she lived with her time and everything she felt responsible for.

She started building a more intentional way to manage her days. A second shift came later, while listening to a song that referred to God as the “Author of Time.” It raised a question she couldn’t shake: if she had a relationship with the Author of Time, shouldn’t that change her relationship with time itself?

What is Time Stewardship, and how is it different from time management?

Time management asks how to get more done. Figgins’ Time Stewardship starts from a different premise: time isn’t something we own or need to control. It is a gift entrusted to us to steward faithfully.

That changes the goal. The aim isn’t to fit everything in. It is to discern what deserves your yes in this season and give it a faithful place in your real life. As Figgins puts it, time isn’t just about what we get done; it’s about who we become over time.

Her message is rooted in her Christian faith, but the practical questions apply to anyone who feels stretched thin: What actually matters right now? What can I release? What does a purposeful day look like, as opposed to a merely productive one?

How does the DISCERN, PLACE, PRACTICE, RETURN framework work?

1. Discern what you are being called to in your current season.
2. Place those priorities, giving them a real home in your calendar and your life.
3. Practice living your yes, day by day.
4. Return when life interrupts the plan, which it will, rather than abandoning the plan entirely.

The results can be significant. One client went from working 30 hours a week to fewer than 10. Another identified and released three commitments in just a few weeks that no longer belonged in her season. Figgins calls this “the power of a faithful no.”

Who does REDEEM Her Time® serve?

Figgins works with capable, committed women who are overwhelmed or overcommitted and frustrated that there’s never enough time, often after trying every planner and productivity tool on the market. What they need, she says, is clarity about what deserves their yes and permission to release what doesn’t.

She reaches them through the REDEEM Her Time Podcast, now past 500 episodes, a Stewardship Circle community on Substack, and personalized coaching. She has also appeared on The Kelly Roach Show and God-Led Business with Stephanie Gass, and has written for Link2Us Magazine.

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