The Honest to Goodness Podcast

Episode 15: Esther's Beauty

If you like the taboo topics, you will want to lean in to this topic on vanity. If you cringed a bit, just imagine how uncomfortable Tessa and Nicole were discussing this “hidden” topic in Christianity. Haha The ladies discuss what their experiences have been with external beauty and how our looks can be detrimental to us and our relationship with Jesus, OR how they can be used to point people to Christ. As believers, modesty and humility are two themes stressed to us as women, but what does that look like in 2024? Is being “extra” okay? What lies surrounding vanity do we need to break off? Is beauty a gift from God? Another week of learning and growing together, friends! Let’s go!

Episode 14 | Social Media

Nicole did something she has never done before… She disconnected from social media for an extended period of time. Shocker, we know! After spending the last 5 years growing an e-commerce business, the Lord kept nudging her to “logout” and find real rest in Him. What did that look like? What did she learn? Was did she miss? What will it look like moving forward? Today, she and the girls discuss their relationships with social media-how they’ve fallen into the toxicity, but also how they’ve used their platforms to be mouthpieces for the Lord. Another day of honest discussion you won’t want to miss!

Episode 13: Rethinking School & Sports

It’s been a minute since the Honest To Goodness trio has been together! But today, they’re BACK and catching us up on all things life and what they’ve been up to this Summer! As the ladies prepare to send their kids back-to-school or perhaps back-to-HOMESCHOOL, you will want to hear how the Lord is leading them in new, unexpected directions! Fall also comes with sports and as moms of big and small athletes, these ladies want to be sure not to make sports culture an idol in their lives, as they’ve found it’s easy to do. How much is too much? Ahh so many questions they’re working through in motherhood. If you’re in a similar season you will find this episode extremely relatable!

Episode 12: Spiritual Mentors

“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” Proverbs 27:17 There are many biblical examples of mentorship, but what does that look like in 2024? Rebekah and Nicole can attest, it looks like conversations over coffee, tears over lunch, and hundreds of voice messages consisting of questions, scripture, and more tears. You won’t want to miss today’s episode as Rebekah and Nicole walk us through their mentor/mentee relationship from the beginning to current. As their bond continues to grow, so does their faith in the Lord and their thirst for more of Him. This is Jesus’ heart, “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and teaching them everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matthew 28:18-20 This is His invitation to mentor and be mentored.

Episode 11: Raising Godly Children

How do we raise children who love the Lord?! Rebekah is in a season of reaping the harvest of years of pouring into her children and is blessed to see the return on her investment, a family on fire for Jesus. Today is a special episode, as we have two guests joining Rebekah, her daughters, Avery and Evelyn. The three of them will answer all sorts of faith based questions that will provide us parents and our children with practical advice and encouragement. It’s the Q and A we’ve all been waiting for. Press play, now!

Episode 10: Waiting

Sick of WAITING?! Girl, same. God’s timing is PERFECT, but usually takes longer than we would like. It’s apparent that we all seem to be waiting on something and often shift from one season of delay to the next. Since we’re called to a life of full reliance on the Father and to trust His timing, how can we REST in the wait? There’s so much growth and intimacy in the long game of obedience, but walking it out isn’t always pretty. Tessa takes us to church today, as she shares the story of Hannah, while Rebekah and Nicole get vulnerable with what they’re currently waiting on and what God is teaching them in this season.

Episode 9: Anxiety Bit Me

From humble beginnings to traveling the world, Lexi Finke never dreamed of the life she has now, but it didn’t come without some struggle. Lexi has super model looks, 160K followers on Instagram, and a husband who plays professional basketball, but despite having it “all,” she realized something in her life was missing, and that something was intimacy with Jesus. During this episode Lexi shares about having young parents, struggling with anxiety, and expecting her first baby. This is a redemption story you won’t walk to miss.

Episode 8: Gossip

The common thread that seems to connect us as women is the powerful, toxic, and destructive habit of GOSSIP.
Us three are just as guilty as the next, but are looking to remove this hindrance from our lives. But, how?!
Listen in to our very HONEST discussion on what we consider gossip, examples of how we have easily fallen into it, and how we have removed gently removed ourselves from conversation.
 
Proverbs 17:9

Episode 7: Looking Strange

Sometimes friends just need to catch up. Summer is in full swing and we have had less time to connect. This weeks episode is full of "round table" (or rather, "round couch") discussion. We invite you to grab a coffee and relax with the girls as we navigate crazy summertime schedules right alongside what we have been learning separately and together about Who Jesus is. He doesn't look like the rest of us and when we begin to look like Him, we look a bit strange too.

Episode 6: Dreams and Plans

Do you wonder how God speaks to his people? Have you ever had a dream and wondered if it was from God or just all in your head? At the age of 16 Pam Peoples had everything aligned in the ways any 16 year old girl would want but she still felt a hole. God began speaking to her through dreams even before she knew Him. Listen this week to hear how God called her out of her old life and into a life filled with his goodness.