Taking Life by the Raines Season 1

When you are a good swimmer, nobody can tell when you are drowning.If that hit you, this episode is for you.In Episode 8 of Taking Life by the Raines, Brandi gets into something most strong women carry in silence: the loneliness of being the one everyone relies on. The one who has the answer. The one who keeps the schedule, holds the household, leads the team, shows up consistently, and somehow never gets asked how she is really doing.Brandi also opens up about losing Casey's Papa, launching her hair company Lira, the scarcity mindset she has carried since childhood, her ADHD, and what it has taken to finally learn that rest is not a reward — it is a requirement.In this episode:• The loneliness of being the strong one and why people stop checking on you• When you are a good swimmer nobody can tell when you are drowning• Scarcity mindset, ADHD, and the triple threat of being a high-achieving woman• Launching Lira: the hair company backed by the founders of Unique• Why rest is not earned — it is what you achieve from• The self-imposed pressure that does not actually come from anyone else• How Casey told her he has never doubted her — and what that unlocked• Checking on your strong friends: they are probably just surviving• Even Jesus set boundaries, rested, and said no — and we forget that• The GLOW prayer framework: Gratitude, Let it out, Own your desires, Wait• Matthew 11:28 — come to me all who are weary and I will give you rest• Your permission slip to lay it down, rest, and stop being the strong one todayNew episodes every week. Subscribe and join us. 💜📲 Follow Taking Life by the Raines:Instagram: instagram.com/takinglifebytheraines/TikTok: tiktok.com/takinglifebytheraFacebook: facebook.com/takinglifebytheraines/📲 Follow Brandi:Instagram: instagram.com/brandirainesbeauty/TikTok: tiktok.com/brandirainesbeautyFacebook: facebook.com/followbrandiraines/About me + my links: msha.ke/brandirainesbeauty_Shop my Komigo storefront: komigo.me/brandi🎧 Listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts: takinglifebytheraines.com#takinglifebytheraines #brandiraines #thestrength #checkonyourfrends #christianwomen #mompreneur #restisrequired #womenempowerment #faithjourney #millennialmom0:00 Welcome back and who Brandi is1:02 Taking time off: Disney, 30A, and losing Papa2:15 Being the strong one and nobody checking on you3:36 When you are a good swimmer nobody can tell when you are drowning4:40 The loneliness of being the strong one5:32 Showing up for ten years while nobody asked how you were doing6:36 Holding it together with a tiny string7:30 Check on the strong ones in your life8:15 Scarcity mindset and ADHD as superpower and weakness9:27 From 100K to 15 million in sales and still not celebrating10:21 Launching Lira and the negative comments that fired Brandi up11:31 Rest is not earned — it is what you achieve from12:26 Carrying the burden of being the one everyone looks to14:06 Ten years in network marketing and always having the right reaction15:50 It is okay to not be the strong one sometimes16:23 Casey was the sole provider for six years — the role reversal20:18 God rewards you when you take time to rest and process20:46 Even Jesus rested, set limits, and said no21:49 The pressure is kind of made up22:52 Casey said he has never doubted her — and what that changed24:08 Holding it in causes resentment in marriage25:46 Align me Jesus — the prayer that cuts through the noise26:52 The GLOW framework: Gratitude, Let it out, Own your desires, Wait28:10 What this episode is meant to give you permission to do28:51 You can still be the strong one after you rest29:39 Taking a Sabbath feels lazy — but it is obedience30:08 Your permission slip: pause, reflect, and check on your people31:15 Check in on your husband too33:15 Matthew 11:28: come to me all who are weary34:00 Lay one thing down and rest — closing wordPowered by ATL Podcast Proshttps://atlpodcastpros.com

Here is the truth about growth that nobody posts on social media.It is terrifying.In Episode 7 of Taking Life by the Raines, Brandi gets into the biggest transitional period of her career and her life. Since January her nervous system has been in fight-or-flight mode. She is launching a hair company. Her supplement company is dropping four new products and exploring a major partnership. And the platform she has built her entire career on, network marketing, is being reinvented from the ground up.This episode is for every woman in a transitional season who is scared to take the next step. The woman who sees people succeeding online and assumes they have it figured out. They do not. Brandi does not either. And she is showing you what it looks like to keep moving through it anyway.In this episode:• The CEO meeting in Utah that changed everything• Komigo becoming Curated: what the rebrand means and why Brandi is all in• Launching a hair company and four new supplement products simultaneously• What network marketing is being replaced with and why Brandi is not walking away• Imposter syndrome: the world's worst case of it and why every successful person has it too• High performers are just as scared as you. They have just figured out how to keep moving.• Motivation is a feeling. Discipline is a decision. The difference matters.• God will close the door if you are not meant to walk through it, and sometimes He will not and it becomes a lesson• Peace that makes no sense: leaning into Philippians 4 and faith in chaos• Agape love, sacrificial service, and showing up for others even when you are scared• Big risk, big win or big lesson: you have nothing to loseNew episodes every week. Subscribe and join us. 💜📲 Follow Taking Life by the Raines:Instagram: instagram.com/takinglifebytheraines/TikTok: tiktok.com/takinglifebytheraFacebook: facebook.com/takinglifebytheraines/📲 Follow Brandi:Instagram: instagram.com/brandirainesbeauty/TikTok: tiktok.com/brandirainesbeautyFacebook: facebook.com/followbrandiraines/About me + my links: msha.ke/brandirainesbeauty_Shop my Komigo storefront: komigo.me/brandi🎧 Listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts: takinglifebytheraines.comfear of failure women | imposter syndrome entrepreneur | how to keep going when scared | network marketing rebrand | faith in transition | Christian women podcast | mompreneur mindset | personal growth podcast women | taking the next step in business | Brandi Raines podcast0:00 Intro0:49 Welcome back1:45 Building on social media since 2017: live video, makeup tutorials, and creative outlet2:31 Right now: the biggest transitional period of Brandi's life3:07 Marriage is in a great place. Business is a whole other story.5:19 What is happening right now: new hair company, supplement partnership, Vision Summit5:55 Flying to Utah: Vision Summit January, excited, on an all time high6:22 How Komigo started7:12 Curated: the new platform, new name, what it means going forward7:33 Vision Summit announcement7:55 The private CEO meeting after the Summit8:21 My world was flipped upside down8:54 Network marketing is changing: affiliate marketing, TikTok Shop, coaching competition9:16 I love network marketing: but the industry had to evolve to survive10:25 Vision Summit part two: Curated announced to the field12:20 Fight or flight since January13:43 Creator-led brands: why today's consumer wants what Curated is building14:06 Layering on the supplement company: four new products, peptides, partnership conversations15:55 High performers are just as scared16:26 Opening the Bible every day out loud17:40 Will Smith on failure18:14 Do it until failure: the gym analogy and the burnout set that makes you grow23:54 The world's worst imposter syndrome24:58 Cannot cling to old seasons25:24 Times are changing: how to evolve without losing what you came from27:45 The road less traveled28:05 Ask God for what you need each day28:33 Joy in chaos peace that makes no sense29:12 Peace is not certainty30:01 Close your eyes and ask God for peace in the chaos: He will give it to you30:50 You inspire people just by showing up31:14 Sacrificial love without expectation31:40 Ten out of ten do not get a tattoo in Mexico: the anniversary story32:04 Agape as a model for marriage and for life: servant heart to everyone not just a spouse32:48 Being a light of God through the hard times: if not for yourself then for others33:21 What if you do not fail: what if you fly, what if this is the choice that changes your life34:05 My story is your story37:03 Hard seasons are the soil: where God plants you to grow the next version of yourself37:43 Believe God has got your back: He takes care of the birds, why not you38:42 Closing: #takinglifebytheraines#brandiraines#fearoffailure#impostersyndrome#christianwomen#mompreneur#faithintransition#personalgrowth#womenentrepreneurs#millennialmomPowered by ATL Podcast Proshttps://atlpodcastpros.com

A year before I got pregnant with Riley, I said out loud that I did not want kids anytime soon. Three months into dating Casey, I was standing in a CVS bathroom with a pregnancy test on my lunch break.Here is the thing about motherhood. Nothing prepares you for it. Not one single thing. And in Episode 6, I am getting into all of it.The unexpected pregnancy I could not tell anyone about for two and a half months while Casey was away at boot camp. The night Casey and I stood in our living room holding Riley and just sobbed. The moment that motherly instinct clicked and I knew I was going to be okay. The way God used my kids to break me free from every trauma I had been carrying.I also talk about something I have never shared publicly: my ADHD diagnosis in ninth grade, being put on 50mg of Adderall a day as a teenager, and then being given Ambien to sleep at night on top of it. How cold turkey stopping when I graduated contributed to my weight gain, my mood swings, and why I started my own supplement company years later. And why, as a mom now, I will never just accept what a doctor hands my kids without asking every question first.I also cover:• How motherhood completely rewires your brain and your hustle• What to do when you feel like you are drowning in the overwhelm• The mom guilt trap and why you have got to stop comparing yourself to other moms• What it means to pour into your marriage while raising kids• The 7-7-12 rule for staying connected to your spouse• How to advocate for your kids when every doctor is pushing medication• Functional mushrooms, holistic pediatricians, and what changed everything for my family• And the word every tired, overwhelmed, doing-her-best mom needs to hear todayNew episodes every week. Subscribe and join us. 💜📲 Follow Taking Life by the Raines:Instagram: instagram.com/takinglifebytheraines/TikTok: tiktok.com/takinglifebytheraFacebook: facebook.com/takinglifebytheraines/📲 Follow Brandi:Instagram: instagram.com/brandirainesbeauty/TikTok: tiktok.com/brandirainesbeautyFacebook: facebook.com/followbrandiraines/About me + my links: msha.ke/brandirainesbeauty_Shop my Komigo storefront: komigo.me/brandi🎧 Listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts: takinglifebytheraines.com0:00 Welcome back0:53 Christians are not perfect: social media lies and real redemption1:45 Tonight's topic: motherhood, how it changes you in ways nobody warns you about2:13 One year before getting pregnant: I said I do not want kids2:48 Meeting Casey in March 20153:30 Stone Mountain date night4:02 Growing up with trauma4:51 Mental health then vs. now5:41 What Brandi loves and does not love about today's culture6:02 Casey goes to boot camp6:49 Gina from the office: the first person she told7:08 Keeping it secret for two and a half months while Casey was at boot camp7:59 Cape May, New Jersey: the trip where she finally told him8:38 The whirlwind: young, scared, minimal money, just started dating9:02 When you find your person9:54 You guys are going to be fine10:10 Moving to Pensacola pregnant: God breaking her free from past trauma10:42 What nobody warns you about parenthood11:09 The second night home with Riley: standing in the living room sobbing11:50 The Holy Spirit in that moment12:13 Motherly instinct clicks12:47 The strength motherhood gave her13:07 Wait for the one: why your spouse matters more than you know when kids come13:49 The mental load of motherhood14:09 Speaking to the overwhelmed mom15:06 Your heavenly Father wants to carry the stress: let Him15:35 Coming from trauma16:13 Keeping up with the Joneses17:05 The mental load unpacked35:27 Approaching your spouse for support35:52 Give exact examples36:36 Pouring back into your marriage37:13 The 7-7-12 rule38:12 The car ride story39:10 Becoming roommates with your spouse39:40 Inner healing makes vulnerable conversations possible40:33 Make time for your marriage now40:58 ADHD diagnosis in ninth grade42:26 Prescribed Adderall43:38 50mg of Adderall a day44:26 Then they gave her Ambien to sleep44:51 Cold turkey at graduation45:17 Why she started a supplement company45:43 Holistic pediatrician, blood work, zero Flintstone vitamins46:13 What she wishes somebody had advocated for her47:01 Pushing back on Big Pharma48:38 Small tweaks in diet that transformed her kids49:05 God made you the perfect mother for your children50:07 God slowed them down and gave them babies50:45 From mama heart to mama heart51:38 Closing: finish the Poppimotherhood podcast | becoming a mom changed me | ADHD medication kids | unexpected pregnancy story | mom guilt | holistic parenting podcast | Christian mom podcast | millennial mom | marriage and kids | Brandi Raines podcast#takinglifebytheraines #brandiraines #motherhoodpodcast #momguilt #christianmom #millennialmom #holisticparenting #adhdmom #marriageandkids #faithjourney Powered by ATL Podcast Proshttps://atlpodcastpros.com