We didn't know who we would be on the other side of a pandemic. How could we? Most of us are still trying to figure it out. But for all the loss we experienced over the past two years - what have we gained? A deeper understanding of who we are? Maybe, like my friend Emma, a better view of the role shame plays in your life and a decision to stop living as if you ever had control to begin with. Once we start removing the obstacles to seeing the life God calls us to live...then, and only then, will we have a better view.

Three years in, and these are still some of my favorite episodes. Khari & Kaley grab a mic and sit down to talk about the happenings of March...a week late. But, it still counts right? From the Oscars, to the forgotten/paused New Year Resolutions, to whether or not Millennials have already had their moment - we're checking off your "things to talk about when I don't know what to talk about" box.

It is difficult to know God’s ways if we are trying to make our own way.  When we push, pull and maneuver ourselves to a better view, the view we’ve decided we deserve, all we end up seeing is less than what we want.

Hey God, if what I’m walking in right now brings you the most glory…then this is where I want to be. Those are hard words to say. Especially when you feel like you’re walking through impossible circumstances. Especially when you’re in a season you don’t want to be on. A season you would’ve never picked for yourself.My friend Lauren, when she said those words a few weeks ago at The Collective, I just about fell out of my chair. When His glory becomes more important than our comfort – something big is happening. Something that could change the whole trajectory of our lives. Lauren speaks about her deepest desires, the wants she…

Today, we continue our conversation with my friend, Brooke Phillips. She speaks from her pain points, sharing the kind of wisdom and clarity gained only from walking through suffering. And the greatest gift? She pours it back out into our seasons, our pain - pointing us toward what's on the other side: Hope.

We spend a lot of time thinking about, dreaming of, maybe writing down what we want our relationships to look like, BE like. And then we're in a relationship and we have to figure out - what of this really matters, and what is just a part of the deal? When you strip everything away - and in this case e v e r y t h i n g is stripped away - how do you rebuild? There's still hope. Because our God only writes good stories.

Years 9 and 10 have carried some of our greatest growth points. Our most painful, frustrating, confusing growth points. Our most rich, deep, soul-finding growth points. On this episode, the one time a year I convince my husband, Ryan, to pick up a mic, we look back and inspect how we're different, yet still feel the same about each other. Sometimes, the reality actually is better than the dream.

I wish someone would've told me how easy it is to harden your heart. How easy it is to grab on to your preferences and sacrifice anyone and anything at the altar of what I want or think is most right. As we kick off Realities of Relationships, Charaia and I talk about what her heart has been for since she started sharing her writing a couple years ago. How do we stay soft in a really hard world? How do we approach conversations that could be triggering with a soft heart and open hands? And how do we come back from deep pain caused by people we love the most?

These are two people I count it a privilege to spend time with. Khari and Kaley drop in every month for our Did Anyone Tell You segment, where we talk about the things of the month that could prove super beneficial to know if you find yourself playing trivia or trying to make small talk as you fill up you two gallon water bottle you got at the beginning in January when you committed to drinking more water in 2022. I'm never quite sure where the conversation is going to go, but man do I love being along for the ride. I hope you do, too. Here's the January 2022 edition…

We're in heart of talking about how we can cultivate peace because I'll tell you one thing - no one EVER told me how hard peace is to keep. My conversation with my friend Connie, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, who has talked with us before about creating boundaries and dealing with our shame. This time, we're talking about pursuing peace in spite of. Because that's what we all really have to figure out, how do we grow and maintain peace in spite of our circumstances. By the end, I hope you're better than before you pushed play.