Get Ready With God

This episode might not be for you. If you're already self-sacrificing to the point of destruction, skip this one. But I have to be honest about what has actually saved me, because I can't tell you anything different. Every time I've hit a breaking point and prayed to be rescued, the answer has been more. More service, more sacrifice. And it has worked every single time.

I spoke on unchangeable worth at a conference while privately struggling to feel my own. Then flew across the country to speak on grief with strangers and felt more at home than I did in my own city. It was a good reminder. The path God actually calls us to walk is not always the one people approve of. That's not evidence it's wrong. But there is a cost. And the only way through it is going back to the source.

There was a time when dissonance felt like a reason to opt out. I did it with faith for years. But we're past that. Dissonance is in every relationship, every job, every person. You can't opt out of everything. So we might as well learn to hold it, because when we do, things get deeper, not harder. That's been true in my faith, my marriage, and honestly, my feelings about AI.            

I spent months waiting for God to tell me what to quit. Nothing came. So I just started quitting things, one by one, and the guidance showed up in the action. Not before it. Waiting on God can quietly become non-action, and black and white thinking about right and wrong can paralyze us completely. God trusts you. The question is whether you trust yourself.

Noah Kahn can articulate something without knowing how to fix it. So can I. Being able to name a feeling is not the same as having the answer, and I think we've been wrong about what counts as valuable. God rarely hands me a solution. He hands me creativity, relationships, experiences. We're not only here to solve for x. We're here to build the equation.

We need to stop giving Satan so much credit. Resistance is normal. Hard things are normal. And framing other people's agency as darkness working against you is a wild way to live. Maybe Suzanne from down the street just disagrees with you. That's not a spiritual attack. My calendar is full. Satan is not on the agenda.

The whole point of working on your insecurities is not self-love for its own sake. It's so you can be trusted. It's so you can show up for other people without being threatened by them. When I can get to that place of genuinely rooting for someone, seeing their gifts clearly, no jealousy, no agenda, that's the closest I've felt to seeing someone the way God sees them. And if I can believe it for them, I can start to believe it for myself.

The commandments are the bare minimum. I mean that in the best way. Rules and guardrails are good, especially when we're young, but at some point we have to stop waiting for a burning bush and just move. Faith is confirmed through action. So is everything else. Stop waiting for permission. Go make something happen.

The higher law is harder to fake. When faith is just boxes to check, anyone can check boxes. But the higher law asks more. It demands we hold complexity, live in the gray, and align with God without an audience. That's harder to perform. Maybe that's the point.

Trust issues welcome here. Let's chat about manipulative marketing and why a personal divine connection matters more now than ever before.

You just gotta listen to this one. 

What do you do when your kids are taught something you don’t agree with, especially in a space you’ve chosen for them? Today I’m sharing a real life moment from this morning and how I navigate those conversations without panic or pulling them out entirely. This episode is about trust, nuance, and helping our kids build their own relationship with truth, even when it gets messy.

We learn and grow from the bad stuff but what about the good?

We like to say lead with love, love is always the answer, all the matters is love. But what is love? What does it feel like? This one is full of nuance and disclaimers but stick with me. 

I've realized recently that discovering how God feels about me is the main foundation of my identity. It's the thing I rely on when I feel like I am standing alone. Want to try it?

Is joy possible? Are we entitled to it?

I'm tired, are you tired? We are all tired. Let's talk about connecting with divinity through all the different phases of life and faith. 

Indulge my marketing soapbox and give me grace on that last minute confession? Love you bye! 

Let's talk about AI, tech, what it might be robbing us of and how to move forward? That seems like a lot for one episode IDK.

This weekend had me reflecting on my marriage, my faith, and what it really means to follow Jesus. I share a little love letter to Ryan, the quiet strength he’s been in my life, and how serving others has become the most fulfilling part of our family. I talk honestly about grief, alignment, and why even when life is at its hardest, prioritizing Christ has made it better. Not perfect, but better. If you’ve ever wondered what living your faith actually looks like in real life, this one’s for you.

When it rain it pours but is it still raining? 

Let's talk about confidence and why it matters and how to get it. Shall we? Sure! Sounds fun! 

People learn when they are ready to learn, not when you're ready to teach. Can our patience handle that? For ourselves? 

Indulge me in a moment of reflection how we got here?

I've been noticing a pattern in myself: I justify everything. My career, my faith, my grief, my ambition. I caught myself telling my four-year-old "I have to go to work" and stopped cold because that's not the message I want to send her. Also my book comes out tomorrow. No big deal. (Big deal.)

We talk about Mary at Christmas. We debate whether she knew. But nobody's asking that question at Easter. And I think we should. Because she did know, and knowing didn't spare her from a single second of it. This episode is about Mary's sacrifice in the part of the story we skip over, what women carry, and why I think that scripture about her keeping these things in her heart might be the most relatable thing in the whole Bible.

For a while, not believing felt safer than believing. Because the God I'd been shown brought shame and fear, not hope. And if that's the God you've been handed too, I get it. I really do. This episode is about what it took to separate the God other people gave me from the one I actually found, and why I think your own firsthand experience with the Divine is the only one worth trusting.

Sunday's church lesson wrecked me in the best way. A photographer in my neighborhood said: stop chasing the perfect photo and chase the light instead. We're talking about what that means for faith, for life, for the exhausting gap between what we wanted and what actually is, and why joy is still the most rebellious thing we can choose.

Detaching myself from the results of what I create is what enables me to keep going, but last week I learned that maybe I have overcorrected? Let's talk about the dance of staying grounded without dismissing the light. 

This is a LIVE recording of the It's More Fun to Believe Book launch event interview! We don't hold back and we didn't edit so buckle up and enjoy! And get your book here! 

After a trip to the Brontë sisters’ village in England, I started thinking about how rare it is to feel truly understood. What if part of faith is trusting that God already knows us completely. Our strange parts, our creative parts, even the parts we try to hide. Today we are exploring what changes when you let yourself believe that.

What if the answer to your prayer isn’t rescue… but strength? Today I’m wrestling with wanting, waiting, and why God so rarely gives me the miracle in the package I asked for. Maybe deliverance isn’t being saved from it. Maybe it’s being able to endure it. Love you. Bye.

Sometimes the life I want requires things I don’t. The writing career means promotion. The faith I crave means showing up when I’d rather stay home. Today I’m talking about fear, resistance, and why the habits that feel disconnected might actually be the very things shaping us. Not every Sunday feels spiritual. Not every effort feels worth it. But maybe faith is built in the pattern, not the proof. Love you. Bye.

What's your favorite part? I found myself reflecting on what actually feels most fulfilling. This episode is about motherhood, faith, identity, and why sometimes expanding your life instead of fixating on one hard thing is what finally brings peace.

After Valentine’s Day, I found myself reflecting on enduring love, the kind that survives grief, growth, and the unglamorous realities of real life. From my marriage to the love of God, this episode is about what it means for love to “bear all things” and why divine love can hold every part of us, even the complicated ones.

It feels good to be needed! But things get dangerous when our worth is too closely tied to that. Let's talk it out. 

But that doesn't stop me from trying! This episode was pre-recorded and because the perfect evidence to the thesis presented because now I am genuinely in a place of gratitude for the things I was battling when I recorded. Look at that! it works! 

Today’s episode is a little niche and a lot honest. I’m sharing what’s actually working for me as a Relief Society president — pink soda coolers, “pods” instead of traditional ministering, drive-through interviews, and creating access points for women who don’t always feel like they fit. I’m not an expert. I feel inadequate constantly. But I believe deeply in women, in service, and in building something that feels like relief. If you’re in leadership (or just trying to love people better), this one’s for you.

Sharing a pattern in my life I have never talked about for and how to trust divine will and ourselves in following it. 

Today is a quick call to action! So often we worry about how to change the world, but I think that begins with changing the day. Try this! 

Today I’m gently pushing back on the idea that kids who stay in your faith = success, and kids who leave = failure. As a former wanderer (and current parent of five in the thick of it), I see it differently. What if raising kids who think for themselves, question, and still feel deeply loved is actually the win? Let’s zoom out and rethink what faith “success” really means.

This week I’m asking myself a simple but uncomfortable question: How has my faith actually changed my life? Not in eternity. Not in theory. Today. After a stretch where religion has felt draining and honestly a little pointless, I was reminded why I still choose it. Not because I’m right. Not because I’m certain. But because it makes me better right now. Let’s talk about finding your own reason — and claiming it.

If you are on a journey to discover your purpose this episode is for you! In this episode I spiral (lovingly) about purpose, platforms, and why the small, awkward, showing-up-for-one-person stuff might matter more than the big shiny dreams we keep chasing. Come process with me.

We NEED our differences! Let's talk about how I've been humbled and invited to form new beliefs as I trust that our differences are divine and it can be safe to lean in.

Today I’m talking about why I hate being emotionally managed, why “you’re not ugly, you just need…” makes me want to throw my phone, and why I think faith is strongest when we stop pretending everything is fine. What if we just admit when things are bad? To me, the real miracle isn’t convincing ourselves it’s not. The miracle is being okay even when it is.

Today I’m sharing a moment with my daughter that stopped me in my tracks and sent me down a bigger question. What is teaching us without ever speaking? We talk about the sky, learning through life, detours we don’t regret, and the quiet ways divinity shapes us when there are no words at all. This is an invitation to notice what has been teaching you and to claim it as real guidance.

What does it actually look like to follow Christ in modern, everyday life? Not on a stage or in a miracle story, but on a Tuesday in 2026. Today I reflect on faith as a series of small, ordinary choices, why discipleship looks different for everyone, and how asking “who can I serve today” has quietly changed the way I live and love.

Today I am talking honestly about the faith based creator space and why it makes me nervous. I share my concerns about emotional manipulation, blurred lines of authority, and the temptation to let other people speak for God in our lives. This episode is my reminder to you and to myself that what God says to you is personal, direct, and not meant to be filtered through influencers, podcasts, or platforms.

Today I am talking about art, Noah Kahan, Moana, and why I think faith works a lot more like creativity than certainty. I share why not knowing feels safer to me than claiming absolute truth, how art becomes a channel for divine connection, and why your interpretation is not only allowed but kind of the whole point. This is an invitation to loosen your grip, trust your own experience with God, and maybe create something without needing everyone to agree on what it means.

Today I’m reflecting on faith, fear, and why I no longer believe God uses shame or terror to keep us close. Inspired by a lyric that hit me right in the soul, I’m talking about growing up afraid of getting it wrong, what changed for me, and why I want faith to feel safe, spacious, and even a little fun. An invitation to believe without losing sleep about your soul.