When was the last time you made time to do something truly creative? What if expressing our God-given nature of creativity wasn’t just a resource we used for seasons when we feel like it? What if making space to create led to the health of our souls, relationships, calling, and rest? 

Today, we have one of the most creative women on the Podcast, Jess’s sister, Caroline Hopper. Caroline and Jess discuss all things creative! 

Whether you consider yourself super creative or say you don’t have a creative bone in your body - this is for you! 

Let’s go.

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What do you do when you feel a spiritual attack coming on? What even is spiritual warfare? Is it in our heads? What does the Bible tell us to do? Should we be spooked or scared? How do we know if we’re dealing with spiritual warfare or just plain old sin? In today’s episode, we’re talking about it all! 

If you’re always on guard for the enemy’s attack, this episode is for you. If you have no idea what this even means, this episode is for you! 

Let’s go.

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Tired of Being Tired⁠ is now out! Click the link to get your copy, + make sure to share it with your family and friends.

When we sit and listen to one another, there's more to every person's story: wisdom, vulnerability, and power. You'll hear that on this week's podcast episode for certain.

Jess sits down with Brittany Lake, who you might be familiar with because of her husband, Brandon Lake, but as with all of us - she's so much more than just a part of his story.

You'll be wildly blessed to hear her testimony, dreams, and candid thoughts on processing Christian fame and notoriety. From conversion to online criticism to cows, we cover it all (for real). 

Let’s go.

Trigger warning: this episode mentions a personal account of SA. 

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Don’t miss: 

Keep up with Brittany! | Order Little Lion Lungs (the Lakes’ children’s book) here. 

Tired of Being Tired⁠ is now out! Click the link to get your copy, + make sure to share it with your family and friends.

⁠⁠⁠Want to spend this summer thriving and not just surviving? Jess has got you covered! Jess has created a digital guide to help you and your family craft a summer you can all enjoy. Make a plan for the months ahead with 45 guided pages to help you along. Get the ⁠Summer Survival Guide⁠ & use code SUMMER2024 for $5 off!

This summer, we're equipping you to seize your season and find abundance right where you are. Each month, we'll release a new, limited-run product. Hats, gratitude journals, posters, and more are COMING SOON! Be the first to know when each new item drops.⁠ ⁠Join the waitlist!⁠

Let’s start this week off with some good news. Listen to this Monday Mini podcast episode for some quick and practical encouragement to kick off your week and ground you in your calling. No matter what this upcoming week brings our way, we can start it off centering ourselves on the good of others and the glory of God.

We’ve been telling you our story behind the name of Go and Tell Gals and the commissioning of Jesus to go and tell. While we all are commissioned to go and tell, first you have to come and see.

But how? What rhythms help us come and see Jesus in our lives?

We encourage you to reflect in these ways:

• Come and see the fruit He’s grown.
• Come and see the vision.
• Come and see the character of God.
• Come and see who you are when it’s quiet.
• Come and see what God is doing in the lives of others.

Come and see to go and tell!

We pray peace and blessings over you as you go throughout your week!

We’ll see you Thursday!

This month, we’re centering our conversations around being in the world and evangelism. In this episode, Jess sits down with her friend Mimi Striplin, owner of The Tiny Tassel, a jewelry, clothing, and accessory brand located here in Charleston, SC.

Mimi is a kingdom-minded woman who stepped into her calling as a businesswoman and shop owner for the good of others and the glory of God. In this episode, she shares with you her personal story of getting started and where she is now.

While she cultivates a culture of joyfulness in her shop, she also spends time coaching other business owners and teams. If you’re a woman living out your calling, Mimi shares encouragement to:

• Believe in what you are doing
• Be confident in your work
• Validate your calling

We hope this episode encourages you to live out your calling, wherever that is, knowing that you are placed right where you’re at on purpose – for the good of others and the glory of God.

Don’t miss:

Dig in deeper in the Go + Tell Gals Community! We talk about topics shared on the podcast, we share about our products and exclusive discounts, and really - we just connect women on mission with one another. Join here!

What do you do this Monday morning if you don’t feel free?

What do you do this Monday morning if you don’t feel brave?

If you don’t feel like you’re making a difference?

If you don’t feel like a leader?

I know that I’m free because Jesus did the work to make me so, but I don’t feel free - so I act like I’m still in bondage rather than living free.

I’m talking about freedom a lot lately, I can’t get enough. But here’s the deal - I think we often first have to know how and why we’re  free, and THEN the feelings come. But it takes patience, faith, and perseverance to press in past the not-so-free feelings.

Like Romans 12:2 tells us - the renewing of our mind will transform us.

So what do we do with our feelings in the meantime? I’m so glad you asked: we give them to God and talk to Him about them. He doesn’t want us to stuff them or hide them; He’s eager and ready to encourage our hearts.

If you are in Christ, you have been set free.

If you don't feel free - that's ok.

You’re in the right spot, and no matter what: freedom is for you.

Make space for your feelings, but make moves and actions that agree with the truth about your life, the feeling comes later. But it does come.

This month, we’re centering our conversations around being in the world and evangelism. In this episode, falling on Maundy Thursday of Holy Week, Jess is telling the story of Go + Tell Gals – we think for the very first time publicly!

You’ll hear Jess share from John 20, the commissioning of our resurrected Jesus to Mary Magdalene to Go and Tell – and how that pertains to you today.

If you’re a woman going after God right where you’re at, then this episode is for you. You are, we are, the women of the resurrection. We’re called to go and tell.

We hope this episode encourages you to live out your calling, wherever that is, knowing that you are placed right where you’re at on purpose – for the good of others and the glory of God.

Don’t miss:

Dig in deeper in the Go + Tell Gals Community! We talk about topics shared on the podcast, we share about our products and exclusive discounts, and really - we just connect women on mission with one another. Join here!

Let’s start this week off with some good news. Listen to this Monday Mini podcast episode for some quick and practical encouragement to kick off your week and ground you in your calling. No matter what this upcoming week brings our way, we can start it off centering ourselves on the good of others and the glory of God.

Do you ever feel like your life is a mess?

One of Jess’ favorite verses is about oxen, ‘“Where no oxen are, the trough is clean; but increase comes by the strength of an ox.” Proverbs 14:4. it essentially says: your stable is clean when there’s not a lot going on, but to see a strong harvest - you’re going to have a messy space.

So we will ask you again, do you feel like your life is a mess? A lot of times and a lot of days we get to have the option to have a tidy life or a fruitful one. We get to choose to spend our days using our gifts for the good of others and the glory of God which doesn’t always look as tidy as we hoped.

For a life of abundant mission, you should expect a bit of a mess. And we get to expect that God is bringing harvest and He is bringing fruit.

We’d encourage you as you start your week, to throw off the feeling of shame or frustration and put your eyes on the hope of harvest.

We give you the gift of Proverbs 14:4 and the reminder that God has placed you where you’re at on purpose. And we give you the gift of this question:

Do you want a tidy life or a fruitful one?

We pray peace and blessings over you as you go throughout your week!

We’ll see you Thursday!

Welcome to April on the GATG podcast! This month, we’re centering our conversations around being in the world and evangelism. We’re kicking things off with a fun conversation between Jess and Anna, Director of GATG, about Christian clichés.

This episode is both funny and insightful, going behind the scenes of commonly used Christian clichés. We give our candid opinion and share potential biblical meaning of phrases like:

• Doing life together
• Everything happens for a reason
• Fearless leader
• God won’t give you more than you can handle
• Getting ahead of God
• Choose joy
• I feel stuck

We hope this episode makes you laugh, but more than that, makes you think a little bit deeper about the words we use everyday. Think we missed some? Share the Christian clichés you hear often with us!

PS: Check out the Go + Tell Gals Community!
Have you joined our community Facebook group? We dive deeper into topics shared on the podcast, we share about our products and exclusive discounts, and really - we just connect women on mission with one another. Join here!

Let’s start this week off with some good news. Listen to this Monday Mini podcast episode for some quick and practical encouragement to kick off your week and ground you in your calling. No matter what this upcoming week brings our way, we can start it off centering ourselves on the good of others and the glory of God.

You can hear from God.

Let’s turn to Genesis:

Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” Genesis 3:1

Satan was placing doubt in Eve’s mind about God, but also – about her capacity to hear from Him.

What if fear and insecurity are keeping us from declaring what we’re hearing God say? Here are 3 questions to ask to discern if you’re hearing from God:

• Does it line up with scripture?
• Is it good for other people?
• Does it bring God glory?

And, it can be wildly freeing when you realize that you actually cannot avoid getting it wrong.

Don’t suppress the Spirit, and don’t stifle those who have a word from the Master. On the other hand, don’t be gullible. Check out everything, and keep only what’s good. Throw out anything tainted with evil. 1 Thessalonians 5:19-22-MSG

God wants to talk to you, through you. You can be humble without speaking doubt + disbelief. He is mighty in you. We’ll see you Thursday!

This is our last conversation of March, which has been centered around running our race. This week, while Jess is out of town, you get to hear from the other members of Team Go + Tell Gals!

In this episode, you’ll hear about how each of us got started out in our roles, our favorite (and hardest) parts of what we all do here at Go + Tell Gals, what keeps each of us running our race, and one thing we’d say to each of you to encourage you as you go.

If you’ve listened to this series and wondered what running your own race looks like, and even asked if it’s okay if it looks different than someone else’s – this episode is for you.

Anna, Henslee, Caroline, and Emily candidly share what running each of their races looks like, and we hope that you’re encouraged by how different their answers are.

We pray this episode encourages you to keep going in whatever God has called you to. You were placed right where you’re at, running the race you’re in, on purpose. God is mighty in you and your mission.

Don’t miss:

FREE ‘RUN YOUR RACE’ GUIDE: Download our free guide to encourage you to keep going while you run your own race, whatever that looks like for you.

GO + TELL GALS COMMUNITY: Have you joined our community Facebook group? We dive deeper into topics shared on the podcast, we share about our products and exclusive discounts, and really - we just connect women on mission with one another. Join here!

Let’s start this week off with some good news. Listen to this Monday Mini podcast episode for some quick and practical encouragement to kick off your week and ground you in your calling. No matter what this upcoming week brings our way, we can start it off centering ourselves on the good of others and the glory of God.

Last week we talked about our weaknesses. Today, we’re going to talk about our strengths.

We’ve noticed that women (ourselves included) are hesitant to name and stand in our strengths. We’ve been conditioned to be scared of our God-given strength. But – God isn’t afraid of making us strong.

"But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." Isaiah 40:31

You have inherent strength, if by grace through faith you walk with God. The same power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead is alive and at work in and through you. We’ve confused glorifying God for the strengths He’s given us with pride – and nothing could be further from the truth. We’re not prideful for giving glory to the One who gave us our strengths.

By failing to acknowledge areas where He has strengthened us, we’re missing out on claiming some healing and hope for our own lives AND missing out on serving others by using that strength for good.

You don’t have to live in the narrative that you are a victim and life is happening to you. Life is hard. Eternity is real. The kingdom of heaven is on your side and in Jesus’ name, you are strong. God is mighty in you – and we mean that. We’ll see you Thursday!

This month, our conversations on the podcast have been centered around the idea of Running our Race. That continues this week, as Jess sits down with Nicole Zasowski to talk about how we can create a rhythm of celebration in our lives.

In her latest book, What if it’s Wonderful?, Nicole speaks into the act of celebrating while running our race and what it means to celebrate no matter the season.

This episode is for you if you’ve ever wondered:

• Am I celebrating my steps along the way?
• Who or what am I celebrating today?
• How can I celebrate, even when I don’t feel like it?
• What would an ongoing, consistent rhythm of celebration look like in my life?

We pray this episode (and the rest of this series) encourages you to keep going in whatever God has called you to. You were placed right where you’re at, running the race you’re in, on purpose. God is mighty in you and your mission.

Also in this episode:

GO TEAMS: Have you heard about Go Teams? In this episode, you’ll hear from some of our past Go Teams gals: Liz Cox, Ogy Tayo, Liz LaVoie, and Nicci Morelli, on how Go Teams equipped and encouraged them to take their next steps. Go Teams are open for registration now, for the only time in 2022. Learn more or join at this link, and don’t forget to use the code ONYOURTEAM for $100 off your registration!

Don’t miss:

FREE ‘RUN YOUR RACE’ GUIDE: Download our free guide to encourage you to keep going while you run your own race, whatever that looks like for you.

GO + TELL GALS COMMUNITY: Have you joined our community Facebook group? We dive deeper into topics shared on the podcast, we share about our products and exclusive discounts, and really - we just connect women on mission with one another. Join here!

Are you scared to have hard convos?

If you're anything like Jess, she doesn’t WANT to be scared of hard conversations. But she is.

She wants to walk into election season, difficult social situations, or even groups of people with wildly differing opinions with a clear, compassionate voice – but she’s often unsure what that looks like.  

In this week's episode, we're joined by Ashlee Eiland, who dives into the concepts of her newest book, ‘Say Good.’ She discusses how we can choose words that bring life even in challenging times. This book offers the compassionate guidance many are searching for this season.

Let’s go. 

Don’t miss: 

Visit this site to order your copy of ‘Say Good,’ and make sure to follow Ashlee on Instagram for updates!

Tired of Being Tired⁠ is now out! Click the link to get your copy, + make sure to share it with your family and friends.

⁠⁠⁠Want to spend this summer thriving and not just surviving? Jess has got you covered! Jess has created a digital guide to help you and your family craft a summer you can all enjoy. Make a plan for the months ahead with 45 guided pages to help you along. Get the ⁠Summer Survival Guide⁠ & use code SUMMER2024 for $5 off!

This summer, we're equipping you to seize your season and find abundance right where you are. Each month, we'll release a new, limited-run product. Hats, gratitude journals, posters, and more are COMING SOON! Be the first to know when each new item drops.⁠ ⁠Join the waitlist!⁠

Let’s start this week off with some good news. Listen to this Monday Mini podcast episode for some quick and practical encouragement to kick off your week and ground you in your calling. No matter what this upcoming week brings our way, we can start it off centering ourselves on the good of others and the glory of God.

Here’s the deal, right off the bat: your weakness is not a liability.

How can we know? Let’s turn to 2 Corinthians 12:9.

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

Here are some questions to ask when you feel tempted to hide or discount your weaknesses:

• Is this a kingdom weakness or a cultural weakness?
• What is God building in you through this weakness?
• Is there a big picture, and how can you trust in that?

Owning your weaknesses takes power away from the enemy and gives it to God.

Confessing your weaknesses brings the refreshment that many of us are desperate for.

Refusing to apologize for kingdom strengths that may be cultural weaknesses helps you – and every woman around you.

Wherever you feel weak right now, God is not surprised or taken aback.

God is mighty in you and your weaknesses are not a liability. We’ll see you Thursday!

We're continuing on our podcast series about running our race with a conversation with Bob Goff all about staying the course of what God has called us to without distractions. Bob is known for balloons, life-changing books, and publicly sharing his phone number. In this conversation, Jess and Bob talk about the latter two and what exactly living undistracted means in regard to our mission.

If you ever wonder:

• How to live undistracted as a hardworking, multitasking woman of mission
• What living undistracted may cost us
• How comparison distracts us
• What are some practical strategies for living undistracted
  …then this episode is for you.

We pray this episode (and the rest of this series) encourages you to keep going in whatever God has called you to. You were placed right where you’re at, running the race you’re in, on purpose. God is mighty in you and your mission.

Also in this episode:

Books by Bob:
Undistracted (just released!) | Dream Big | Love Does | Everybody Always

CALL-IN COACHING: Don’t miss this call-in coaching segment that gives real-life, practical advice for multi-missional women who REALLY feel distracted. Jess coaches Go and Tell Gals coach, Heather Gage, on how she can implement strategies to live life less distracted. We love a practical strategy, and this podcast segment gives just that!

Abide, the #1 Christian meditation app. Get started now with 25% off a premium subscription by downloading the Abide app at abide.co/gals. You’ll get additional stories and meditations, premium music, soothing sounds, and more.

GO TEAMS: Have you heard about Go Teams? If you want to start a podcast, write a book, teach the Bible, or start a small business, then our group coaching program Go Teams is for you. The waitlist is open now – join here for a discount and first chance to register!

Don’t miss:

FREE ‘RUN YOUR RACE’ GUIDE: Download our free guide to encourage you to keep going while you run your own race, whatever that looks like for you.

GO + TELL GALS COMMUNITY: Have you joined our community Facebook group? We dive deeper into topics shared on the podcast, we share about our products and exclusive discounts, and really - we just connect women on mission with one another. Join here!

Let’s start this week off with some good news. Listen to this Monday Mini podcast episode for some quick and practical encouragement to kick off your week and ground you in your calling. No matter what this upcoming week brings our way, we can start it off-centering ourselves on the good of others and the glory of God.

Have you ever wondered if you’re in the right spot? We’re looking to Psalm 16:6 for encouragement and affirmation that we are.

You’re in the right spot because God is there.

Do you feel like you’re not enough or too much for the space you’re in? What if that wasn’t even possible? Declare His worthiness.

Do you feel like there’s nothing good here? What if that wasn’t even possible? Count the fruit.

Do you feel like you’ve made a mistake along the way? You can fix it.

We can get caught up in comparing ourselves to what we see on the left or the right. Our spot may very well look different than someone else’s. We can get caught up in questioning whether or not God is here if this is on purpose.

You’re in the right spot because God is there.

Let’s start this week off by agreeing that right, where we’re at, is beautiful and on purpose. You were placed right where you’re at to go and tell. We're praying over your week, and we believe that God is mighty in you. We'll see you Thursday!

Last week in our ‘Running Your Race’ podcast series we went deep; this week, we’re going light! We’ve been contemplating this episode for months – it’s unlike anything we’ve ever done before, but we’re so excited about it. Are you ready to hear what we’re talking about?

Here’s the thing – being women on mission can be tough. It can be heavy. It’s good for us to be whole and human – to have an outlet outside of our everyday reality, to be able to relate with people we encounter, to enjoy the talents of some of God’s creation. For many of us, that means watching TV. How do we keep things light and enjoy television for entertainment, but still learn from what we’re consuming? Go with us if you want - this is a fun one!

We start with a disclaimer right at the beginning: we know this episode isn’t for everyone, and that’s okay! If you prefer interviews or coaching sessions, we get it – if this doesn’t serve you, we’ll catch you next week! (Make sure to download our Running Your Race guide – it’s a free tool designed to help encourage you as you run your own race, whatever that looks like for you!)

In this episode, Jess and her lifelong friend JPH (Jennie) are talking about:

• When we watch TV
• Why we love watching TV (the lightness, the culture, how it relates to women)
• And specific TV shows that we’re drawing valuable life lessons from, like: the Real Housewives (yes, really), Yellowstone, Downton Abbey, the West Wing, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and more

Also in this episode:

Abide, the #1 Christian meditation app. Get started now with 25% off a premium subscription by downloading the Abide app at abide.co/gals. You’ll get additional stories and meditations, premium music, soothing sounds, and more.

Don’t miss:

GO TEAMS: Have you heard about Go Teams? If you want to start a podcast, write a book, teach the Bible, or start a small business, then our group coaching program Go Teams is for you. The waitlist is open now – join here for a discount and first chance to register!

FREE ‘RUN YOUR RACE’ GUIDE: Download our free guide to encourage you to keep going while you run your own race, whatever that looks like for you.

GO + TELL GALS COMMUNITY: Have you joined our community Facebook group? We dive deeper into topics shared on the podcast, we share about our products and exclusive discounts, and really - we just connect women on mission with one another. This community is free and it's waiting for you! Join here.

Join us for our very first Monday Mini podcast episode. Basically, we just want to provide some good news for your Monday, to kick off your week with something that is both life-giving and also practically helps you live out your calling. No matter what this upcoming week brings our way, we can start it off centering ourselves on the good of others and the glory of God.

You are known by God. Isn’t it funny how people say, “God only knows” or, “Lord knows” when they don’t actually know the definite answers to something? But, truly - God really does know. 

Everyone wants to know God, but what if we take the time this week to be known by God? Let's turn to Psalm 139. God knows how weak you feel and He called you anyhow. God knows what you need before you do. God knows the mistakes you’ll make and He still appointed you. He knows the end of this story. He knows your thoughts and fears, you don’t have to hide them in shame. 

You are known by God and that is grace.
You are known by God and that is friendship.
You are known by God and acknowledging that leads to power.

How would you live this week, your life, differently if you acknowledged that you’re known by God? You're known, seen, loved, and held. How does that change the way you go and tell?

We're praying over your week, and we believe that God is mighty in you. We'll see you Thursday!

This month on the GATG podcast, we’re talking about running our race - throwing off what hinders us and pressing into what we’ve been called to. This episode with Jess’s husband, Nick Connolly, is a follow-up conversation to Nick’s interview back in 2018 (listen here!) – at the time, they were both pretty fresh off the heels of wanting to quit. In light of this month’s theme, we wanted to hear from Nick again, over 3 years later, to see what has changed, how he has processed this subject, and really – how we can keep going.

Nick answers:

• What is his current calling
• What most makes him want to quit
• How we can encourage our partners and friends when they need to keep going
• Plus he shares his thoughts on resistance

We pray this episode (and the rest of this month’s episodes) encourages you to keep going as you run your race. You were placed right where you’re at on purpose, and God is mighty in you.

Also in this episode:

Abide, the #1 Christian meditation app. Get started now with 25% off a premium subscription by downloading the Abide app at abide.co/gals. You’ll get additional stories and meditations, premium music, soothing sounds, and more.

Don’t miss:

GO TEAMS: Have you heard about Go Teams? If you want to start a podcast, write a book, teach the Bible, or start a small business, then our group coaching program Go Teams is for you. The waitlist is open now – join here for a discount and first chance to register!

FREE ‘RUN YOUR RACE’ GUIDE: Download our free guide to encourage you to keep going while you run your own race, whatever that looks like for you.

GO + TELL GALS COMMUNITY: Have you joined our community Facebook group? We dive deeper into topics shared on the podcast, we share about our products and exclusive discounts, and really - we just connect women on mission with one another. This community is free and it's waiting for you! Join here.

This episode continues the conversation started back in Episode 121 about boundaries.

We get a lot of questions about boundaries for women on mission, so we’ve devoted an entire month of podcast episodes to this exact topic. Whether you have zero boundaries set in your own life, are skeptical about setting boundaries, or are the most boundaried human ever, you’re welcome to join this discussion. It’s our hope that these episodes will address the challenges women on mission face with setting and honoring boundaries, give some Scriptural backing to boundary setting, and share some helpful resources.

In this episode, we walk through five pain points on boundaries:

• When our boundaries disappoint people
• When you have to set boundaries on good things
• When boundaries go too far
• When our boundaries are broken
• A note on pleasing people

Also in this episode:

GO TEAMS: Have you heard about Go Teams? If you want to start a podcast, write a book, teach the Bible, or start a small business, then our group coaching program Go Teams is for you.

CALL-IN COACHING: Don’t miss our very first call-in coaching segment! Jess coaches Go and Tell Gals coach, Chrissy Huffman, on her boundaries. Chrissy has a hard time saying ‘no’ to people and things because they’re typically good things and she doesn’t want to disappoint people. We can all benefit from hearing the very practical coaching Jess gives to Chrissy about this topic. The role-playing scenario was so helpful to see all the way walked out!

BOOKS ON BOUNDARIES:

• Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud
• Safe People by Dr. Henry Cloud
• Sacred Rhythms by Ruth Haley Barton

Don’t miss:

FEBRUARY GIVEAWAY: Don’t miss our February giveaway! Leave a review OR share about the GATG podcast on Instagram (and tag us!) - then let us know here that you entered. We’ll choose a winner of an item of choice from the GATG Shop as a thank you! Enter here.

FREE BOUNDARIES GUIDE: Download our free boundaries guide to begin naming and communicating your own personal boundaries.

GO + TELL GALS COMMUNITY: Have you joined our community Facebook group? We dive deeper into topics shared on the podcast, we share about our products and exclusive discounts, and really - we just connect women on mission with one another. This community is free and it's waiting for you! Join here.

We’re continuing our podcast series on boundaries with a Q&A-style chat with Team Go + Tell Gals. In this episode, we’re sharing our perspective as a team that works together, works on the internet, works while being friends/caring about each other’s personal lives - while still actually working and staying focused on what God has called us to. We’ll also talk a little bit about our individual boundaries with work and technology and what works for each of us. We’re all five in different roles and seasons of life, so we have to adjust our boundaries accordingly.

Questions we’re answering:

• How in the world do we get anything done when we all care about our work and one another?
• How do we separate our work from our personal lives?
• How do we keep good boundaries with the internet as a whole, since this is where we work?
• What are helpful boundaries we have in place around working and tech?

After our team Q+A on boundaries, Jess, Caroline, and Anna stick around to have a chat about running! How are these two conversations related? Because we run together, often during work time - and it makes sense and feels life-giving for us!

Ever since the release of Breaking Free from Body Shame and the start of Good Body Gals, our online exercise subscription (learn more here!), we’ve started talking a lot about running online, and the Internet has been curious.

We talk about:

• How we started running together before (and sometimes during) work
• What running does for us spiritually/emotionally
• What running “slow” actually means
• Can other women join our “Slow Runners Club”?

Also mentioned in this episode:

Download our free boundaries guide to begin naming and communicating your own personal boundaries.

Map to More, Go + Tell Gals’ newest project, is a printed guide that will meet you right where you’re at. It has questions, coaching strategies, Scripture, and action steps to help you define your path, clarify your calling, and make your next move. You were made for more. Learn more here.

Don’t miss our February giveaway! Leave a review OR share about the GATG podcast on Instagram (and tag us!) - then let us know here that you entered. We’ll choose a winner of an item of choice from the GATG Shop as a thank you! Enter here.

In this episode, we’re continuing our series on boundaries with an incredibly wise conversation with Charaia Callabrass. She’s a wife, mother, content creator, curator of hilarious Tik Tok videos on Instagram, and a truly gifted truth teller. Her God-given mission is to put words to the things we don’t like to talk about and equip people to be courageous enough to stay soft.

Charaia and Jess talk about boundaries, especially in regards to creating and consuming content on the Internet. You’ll hear Charaia speak to:

• How she knows she’s not staying soft
• How she stays on the Internet when it feels hard
• How boundaries are part of a “house” (it’s a metaphor… listen in!)
• Letting God be the main character of your story
• The problem with labeling people as toxic
• And so much more wisdom

We think this episode is deep, wise, and funny - we laugh a lot, we talk about a lot about boundaries and a little about petty internet things, but truly: we just talk about what it’s like to be a woman on mission in an Internet-centered world.

Also mentioned in this episode:

Map to More, Go + Tell Gals’ newest project, is a printed guide that will meet you right where you’re at. It has questions, coaching strategies, Scripture, and action steps to help you define your path, clarify your calling, and make your next move. You were made for more. Learn more here.

Don’t miss our February giveaway! Leave a review OR share about the GATG podcast on Instagram (and tag us!) - then let us know here that you entered. We’ll choose a winner of an item of choice from the GATG Shop as a thank you! Enter here.

In this episode, Jess is leading us in a conversation all about boundaries.

We (Jess and Go + Tell Gals) get a lot of questions about boundaries for women on mission. After taking to Instagram and receiving an overwhelming response, it’s safe to say this is a topic of interest to our friends and followers. We’re so blessed for your openness, and want you to know that no matter your current relationship with boundaries, you are welcome here. If you have zero boundaries set in your own life, if you’re skeptical about setting boundaries, or if you’re the most boundaried human ever, you’re welcome here. It’s our hope that these episodes will address the challenges women on mission face with setting and honoring boundaries, give some Scriptural backing to boundary setting, and share some helpful resources.

In this episode, we walk through six points on boundaries:

• Some boundaries will work for you, some won’t. Boundaries are specific to the person holding them.
• Boundaries as defensive, not offensive.
• Did Jesus set boundaries?
• Access isn’t equity.
• When is the right time to set a boundary?
• Make Saying No Okay Again.

We’ve got about five more points to share on boundaries - stay tuned for part 2 of this conversation, coming soon!

If you want to spend some time digging into your own boundaries this week, download our free boundaries guide.

Also in this episode:

Anna and Caroline join for a brief chat about Map to More, Go + Tell Gals’ newest project! Map to More is a printed guide that will meet you right where you’re at, with questions, coaching strategies, Scripture, and action steps to help you define your path, clarify your calling, and make your next move. You were made for more. Learn more here.

Have you joined our community Facebook group? We dive deeper into topics shared on the podcast, we share about our products and exclusive discounts, and really - we just connect women on mission with one another. This community is free and it's waiting for you! Join here.

How do strong women encourage each other and NOT compete? How do we fight the temptation to compare ourselves to the women around us? What does it look like to be in friendship and really feel free to cheer each other on?

In today’s episode, Jess and special guest Alex Hoover sit down to discuss these questions AND MORE. They laugh, cry a little, and expose the biggest areas in which they are tempted to compare themselves to other women. This episode is for you!

This isn’t my podcast; it's ours. 

Let’s go.

Don’t miss: 

Tired of Being Tired⁠ is now out! Click the link to get your copy, + make sure to share it with your family and friends.

⁠⁠⁠Want to spend this summer thriving and not just surviving? Jess has got you covered! Jess has created a digital guide to help you and your family craft a summer you can all enjoy. Make a plan for the months ahead with 45 guided pages to help you along. Get the ⁠Summer Survival Guide⁠ & use code SUMMER2024 for $5 off!

This summer, we're equipping you to seize your season and find abundance right where you are. Each month, we'll release a new, limited-run product. Hats, gratitude journals, posters, and more are COMING SOON! Be the first to know when each new item drops.⁠ ⁠Join the waitlist!⁠

Have you ever thought about writing a book? Did you know that one of the best ways to share your story is to write it down? Whether you've considered writing your memoir, a Bible study devotional, a fiction novel, or even a how-to guide, Jess has something exciting to share. Jess invites you to the 'Start Your Book This Summer Challenge' from our friends at Hope Writers. To sign up for this free five-day challenge to start your book this summer, visit ⁠hopewriters.com/summer⁠.

Struggling to read your bible? Listen to God’s word effortlessly using Dwell. The Jess Connolly Podcast is partnering with Dwell, and you can get 25% off your year subscription at ⁠www.dwellapp.io/jess.

In this episode, Jess starts by sitting down with the incredible Morgan Harper Nichols. (Seriously - she's so incredible that this is her third time on the podcast!) These two creative women talk about Morgan's current season and what it looked like to write her newest book (releasing Feb. 15), Peace is a Practice. 

Just like we have to inhale breath to breathe out, we must be built up to encourage and lead others. This episode talks about how women can do that, since it’s not something someone else will do for us.

If you ever feel like:

• you can't keep up
• you crave space
• you need some peace
• you're called to be creative
• you don't have enough energy
• you need to set different boundaries to find peace

...then this episode is for you.

After Jess and Morgan's conversation wraps up, Jess shares a quick coaching session about boundaries to help you find peace.

What if our frantic search for self-care is because we give up ground we weren't meant to? What if we didn’t have to vacillate between leading and outpouring, and then sheltering and putting ourselves back together? What if we guarded our hearts appropriately all the time, we didn’t give away too much of our energy, and we kept the routines and rhythms that protect our soul as sacred?

Here are some things to help with boundaries that lead to more peace:

• Get rest consistently.
• Know your rule of life.
• Identify boundaries and keep them.
• Buy Rhythms of Worship + Work

Did you hear our ad about Go Teams? If you're a woman called to Writing, Small Business, Podcasting, or Ministry, and you could use some help getting started or getting unstuck, Go Teams are for you. You'll get 6 weeks of online group coaching sessions, a community of women to run with, and resources to help you take your next step. Join the Go Teams Waitlist.

If you found Jess's quick coaching on boundaries helpful, download our free resource to help you with your boundaries and tune in to next week's episode, all about boundaries.

Welcome to the first Go + Tell Gals podcast episode of 2022! This one's got a few moving parts, but hang through it - we think it's very helpful.

Please listen to our announcement right at the beginning. Kennesha is obediently stepping into something new and beautiful that God has asked her to, which means stepping down as a co-host from the podcast. We're so grateful for how she has led powerful, engaging conversations over the past 9 months and shifted this podcast (and all of GATG) for the better. She's accessing her God-given desire and is creating space for what He has called her to - and nothing could be more on-brand or beautifully connected to GATG than that. Join us in rallying around our friend Kennesha and praying for her as she moves in obedience. Follow along with her on Instagram to keep up with what's next.

Now, into the episode - a coaching session from Jess and a Q+A to help start our year off on the right foot. We need a more comprehensive, intentional, spiritually-awake, and intelligent plan to move into this year with victory, compassion, gentleness, and tenacity. We could just hide our head under the pillow and say, “I can’t even”, but that is not what this season is begging of women on mission. Your life, your God-given gifts, your community, and your relationship with God are worth more than a flippant start to this year. These all deserve and require reflection and intention.

The good news: God is mighty in us. He generously gives wisdom to His daughters, and He has placed us where we’re at - even in this year, on purpose, for the good of others and the glory of God. So in this episode, we’re going to hold all of the tension - with all of the hope. Honestly, we're grateful that it’s not commonplace to start a year pretending like it’s always going to be our best year yet.

Your year matters. Let's act like it, and do/ask these 4 things:

1. Go back to the last thing God told you to do.
2. What is not making you stronger?
3. How can you adjust your pace, your plan, your perception of fruit and still be obedient to what God has called you to?
4. Insert delight + abundance.

Also mentioned in this episode:

The Breaking Free from Body Shame Bible study is here! Get the five-video series (over 2 hours of content) and/or 50-page study guide to help you break free from the broken beliefs we all hold about our bodies that hold us back from our fullest life. Get the study, get a group together, and get ready to break free. Order the Bible study here.

Have you joined our community Facebook group? We dive deeper into topics shared on the podcast, we share about our products and exclusive discounts, and really - we just connect women on mission with one another. This community is free and it's waiting for you! Join here.

Tomorrow we mark the dawn of a new year, and we love starting a new year with purpose and intention. As we gear up for the gift of another year ahead, we want to be intentional about finishing well and starting strong.

This episode wraps up our three-episode series, Finish Well, Start Strong. We're completing the series with a conversation about personal goal setting as we embark on a new year. Jess and Kennesha ask and answer questions like:

• Does goal setting and vision casting even work? 
• What are different forms of goal setting/vision casting that we can try? 
• Why do we set goals?
• What happens when our goals don’t come to fruition?

Whether you're the world's biggest goals girls or if talk of goal setting make you queasy, this episode is for you.

Dig in deeper with our Finish Well, Start Strong guide, found here! We made this brand new, FREE resource just for our podcast gals. We pray these resources (this series + the guide!) leave you feeling hopeful that you can finish 2021 well and start 2022 strong, because God is mighty in you and in the year ahead.

Our other favorite goal-setting resource mentioned in this episode: PowerSheets by Cultivate What Matters!

We're just a few days away from Christmas, and a week away from 2022. As we gear up for the gift of a new year, we want to be intentional about finishing well and starting strong - and today, we're doing that with a family mindset.

In this episode specifically, Jess talks with her husband, Nick, about how to lead a family, team, or group through a vision casting/goal setting session. We’re talking: 

• How to squash limiting beliefs
• How to invite others into thinking about their future with intention
• How to live as people of agreement instead of accountability
• How to have a family vision session
• Plus - a few fun family secrets along the way

Dig in deeper with our Finish Well, Start Strong guide, found here! We made this brand new, FREE resource just for our podcast gals. We pray these resources (this series + the guide!) leave you feeling hopeful that you can finish 2021 well and start 2022 strong, because God is mighty in you and in the year ahead.

Can you even believe we've got just two weeks left in 2021?! As we gear up for the gift of a new year, we want to be intentional about finishing well and starting strong.

We're starting a new three-episode series for that exact purpose. For the next three weeks, we'll ask: 

• How can we end this year well and start the next one with strength? 
• What do we do if we’re overwhelmed and exhausted from the last two years? 
• How do we catch vision for what’s ahead?

In this episode specifically, Jess and Kennesha talk about counting the fruit of all that happened in 2021, and catching a vision for all that's to come in 2022. Come with us as we reflect with gratitude and look ahead with intention. 

Dig in deeper with our Finish Well, Start Strong guide, found here! We made this brand new, FREE resource just for our podcast gals. We pray these resources (this series + the guide!) leave you feeling hopeful that you can finish 2021 well and start 2022 strong, because God is mighty in you and in the year ahead. 

Friends! In this episode, we're wrapping up our 4-episode Friendship for Real Women series. Jess, Anna, and Caroline (from Team Go + Tell Gals) are on the podcast together for the first time ever answering all YOUR real questions about friendship. We asked on Instagram and received an overwhelming outpouring of questions, centered mostly around: 

• How to actually make friends
• Balancing input and energy in friendships
• Setting and communicating boundaries in friendships
• How to have life-giving friendships and how to handle a lack of depth in friendships
• Handling hurt, pain, and betrayal in friendships
• How to let friendships go when it’s time

If you're a mom with teen kids, a married woman, or a newly graduated single gal - this episode is for you. We're tackling these friendship questions from the perspective of all of these life stages. We hope this real-life insight encourages you wherever you're at in your friendships, and keeps you going when seasons feel difficult. We've so enjoyed digging into this important (but often neglected) conversation within this community. If you haven't already, make sure to listen to our three other Friendship for Real Women episodes! And if you're looking for other women on mission to process with, join our community group on Facebook! Who knows, you might even just make a new friend. 

Grateful for you, friends. We're so glad we get to run alongside you as you go and tell the good news. 

Our Friendship for Real Women series continues! Join Kennesha Buycks and her friend, Carla Haskins as they talk about what it looks like to be friends through many different seasons of life. In this episode, listen in on an honest conversation about what it means to be a friend and how real relationships take time.

Join Kennesha and Carla as they answer authentic friendship questions like:

• What does friendship actually mean?
• How does friendship actually develop and become meaningful? How do you take a friendship from life-giving to life-changing?
• How do you press past a season where a friendship might hit a tough patch or you don't see eye to eye? How does the gospel empower us to keep going?
• How has friendship empowered you while you run on mission? 

We're so grateful to Carla for joining us and vulnerably sharing what friendship means to her.

We’re so excited about this series because we were made to be in community. Share about it with your friends, or join in the conversation with other mission-minded women in the Go + Tell Gals community Facebook group. Who knows - you might just spark a new friendship!

You might have heard Kennesha talk about her shop, Restoration House. Be sure to visit and shop beautifully curated goods for your home and life.

We love you and commission you to go and tell the good news, in Jesus’ name.

Friends! And you know we don't use that word lightly... 

This is the second episode in our Friendship for Real Women series - and we're calling in an expert. 

Danielle Bayard Jackson, a certified women's coach, focuses primarily on female heteronormative friendship and communication. She conducts surveys, creates research-based strategies, and teaches women how to have better relationships with one another. Out of her love for all things female friendship, she founded Friend Forward, a digital community that provides coaching, research articles, and connection events for women looking to create and maintain true friendships. She's changing women's lives through her gift of coaching, and we're so grateful for how she's paving the way for women on mission to dig deep together.

In this episode, Danielle helps us dive in head first, answering questions like: 

- ​Is friendship hard for everyone? Do all of us feel like we’re the only ones who never quite figured it out?
- Why does it seem like women especially struggle with friendship? Where are we going wrong?
- How do we define friendship? Is the definition different from woman to woman?
- How can we readjust what hanging out looks like to maximize the time we have?
- How do we communicate expectations and find balance in our friendships?
- How do we handle 'friendship breakups'?
- And more! (Seriously, this is a power packed episode.)

We're so grateful for Danielle's generosity in sharing with us. There's no blueprint for friendship - no one has laid it out or given us a guidebook, so we're grateful to have a friend who's doing just that.

We’re so excited about this series, because we were made to be in community. Share about it with your friends, or join in the conversation with other mission-minded women in the Go + Tell Gals community Facebook group. Who knows - you might just spark a new friendship!

You might have heard Jess mention Good Body Gals and the incredible "Freedom Friday" deal happening there. Get a yearlong membership to Good Body Gals, plus the Body Shame Detox e-course, for $100 ($167 value). Click here to be one of the first to claim!

We love you and commission you to go and tell the good news, in Jesus’ name.

Friends! And we actually mean it when we say friends. (Segue into today's episode...)

Today we're so excited to launch a brand new podcast series - Friendship for Real Women. We know that we're created for community, so why do so many of us women struggle to experience abundance in our friendships? Over the course of the next four episodes, we're diving in deep. We may not have all the answers, but we want to ask the questions and process with you. We'll talk with each other, some experts, and some real-life friends in hopes of spurring us all on toward deeper, more fruitful friendships.

In this episode, hosts Jess and Kennesha open this new series on friendship by speaking real words, telling real stories, and asking real questions, like:

• Is friendship hard for everyone else? Do all of us feel like we’re the only ones who never quite figured it out?
• What do we actually need from friendships as women on mission?
• After the forming, there’s storming. What do we do when something goes wrong in a friendship?

We’re so excited about this series, because we were made to be in community. Share about it with your friends, or join in the conversation with other mission-minded women in the Go + Tell Gals community Facebook group. Who knows - you might just spark a new friendship! 

We love you and commission you to go and tell the good news, in Jesus’ name.

We keep talking about revival in the office, wondering if anyone is actually experiencing it right now. And when we think of who is actually experiencing rest and renewal, it’s immediately our friend, Rebekah Lyons. This episode is packed with incredible wisdom, and we’re so excited to share it with you today.

Rebekah is no stranger to the Go + Tell Gals Podcast (you can listen to her previously on the show, way back on episode 21!), and we are so grateful to have her back to share about her new devotional, A Surrendered Yes: 52 Devotions to Let Go and Let Free. Rebekah is a speaker, the host of the Rhythms for Life podcast, and a bestselling author. She shares her life honestly and vulnerably, and we are constantly blessed by her.

In this episode, we’re diving into:

• How suffering actually serves us by pointing us back to our need for God,
• How surrendering leads to our freedom,
• How even when we insist on self-reliance, God offers mercy and compassion,
• And how God delights in simply being with us.

We pray this episode encourages you today. God is mighty in you.

How are your 2024 goals going? In this episode, Jess shares how her 2024 goals are shaping up (spoiler alert: not amazing!) and how she’s processing that with grace and truth.  This episode also includes a fun, quick ‘Ask Me Anything’ segment - you guys submitted some amazing questions! 

If you're crushing your goals, you'll love this episode! If it's time to regroup for you as well, you'll find deep relief and peace when you tune in. This episode is for you!

Don’t miss: 

Tired of Being Tired is now out! Click the link to get your copy, + make sure to share it with your family and friends.

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Want to spend this summer thriving and not just surviving? Jess has got you covered! Jess has created a digital guide to help you and your family craft a summer you can all enjoy. Make a plan for the months ahead with 45 guided pages to help you along. Get the Summer Survival Guide & use code SUMMER2024 for $5 off!

This summer, we're equipping you to seize your season and find abundance right where you are. Each month, we'll release a new, limited-run product. Hats, gratitude journals, posters, and more are COMING SOON! Be the first to know when each new item drops. ⁠Join the waitlist!

Have you ever thought about writing a book? Did you know that one of the best ways to share your story is to write it down? Whether you've considered writing your memoir, a Bible study devotional, a fiction novel, or even a how-to guide, Jess has something exciting to share. Jess invites you to the 'Start Your Book This Summer Challenge' from our friends at Hope Writers. To sign up for this free five-day challenge to start your book this summer, visit hopewriters.com/summer.

Save on Nuly! Shop here with Jess’s discount code.

Follow Jess's house Instagram page to stay updated on her latest home renovations and home decor inspirations.

What is our physical environments are really just a reflection of what is happening inside of us? And what if it was easier - that we could actually have freedom? Allie Casazza is on a mission to eradicate the "hot mess mom" stereotype by empowering other women. 

Allie began the conversation around minimalism after she struggled once having her second child. Every mom seemed to have it together, and if they didn't, "coffee 'til wine" was the mantra that was preached. Allie set out to change the narrative around motherhood and mission. Now, she offers several online courses and online communities, helping women, specifically mothers, simplify everything in their lives. In her own words, anything can be decluttered.

In this episode, we sit down with Allie to talk about:

• why decluttering matters, especially in a season where we have all just spent so much time at home
• how freedom is actually accessible
• and how the less we have, the more content we might actually be.

We pray this episode leaves you feeling more free and ready for abundance. God is mighty in you.

We sat down with our friend Jessica to have a sort of end-of-year check-in. Jessica Honegger is the founder and co-CEO of Noonday Collection, a wildly successful ethically-sourced, artisan-supporting jewelry and accessories company,  and she shares openly and vulnerably what 2021 has looked like for Noonday. The way that she leads with confidence and with honesty is incredibly encouraging, and we just know Jessica’s wisdom with bless you.

In this conversation, we talk about:

• Adjusting to a new normal as we head in 2022
• Refocusing our vision, remembering that the world needs us to walk alongside it
• Hearing from God
• And how living on mission really means you aren’t living for the outcome.

As we all start to dream about 2022, we pray this episode gives you courage to recognize the feelings from 2021 and bravery to step into 2022, sowing seeds that will have Kingdom impact. We’re on your team, cheering you on, forever. If Team GATG can do anything for you, please let us know by emailing Brenna at podcast@goandtellgals.com. God is mighty in you today, sister.

A Google search says this: “Finding balance comes from giving time and energy to the things that build you up and give you life. And likewise, eliminating the things that bring you down and stress you out.”

But as women of mission, we cannot just eliminate what is broken - we live in a broken world with real hurts and God has called us to this place. If everyone is trying to find it - this mysterious sense of balance - maybe it’s not there.

We’re showing up to this conversation with these questions in hand:

• Who decides what is balanced?
• Is there a difference between worldly balance and Kingdom balance?
• Was Jesus balanced?
• How can we divulge ourselves of the illusion of balance to serve others?

Listen in as we start what is only the beginning of this conversion. We pray this episode frees you up from the idea of needing to have it all together. His power is made perfect in our weakness, and we get to run in that freedom today.

Friends, you are in for an incredible conversation in this episode with our gal Hosanna. What does it look like to use our stories for God’s glory? Hosanna is exactly who we want to talk to to help us think through this. As Jess would say, Hosanna has the spirit of John, the Baptist, and this episode is sure to encourage and equip you today.

In this conversation, we’re diving into:

• how to push past the insecurity, the fear, and the perceived inadequacy when telling our story
• how to share our full selves - questions, imperfections, what you like, and what you don’t like - with the world, for the good of others and the glory of God
• who the real Savior of our stories is

Hosanna is an author, pastor, and speaker, using what God has given her - a story of growing up on the streets of San Francisco to now living on mission to see lives restored by the power of Jesus - to bring hope to a broken world. She believes in your story, in the Church, and in Jesus. Hosanna shares a bit of her story in this episode, but for more, we cannot recommend her brand new book, How to Not Save the World, enough - grab it wherever books are sold! 

This conversation was filled with encouragement and hope, and we pray you finish this episode spurred on to go and tell the good news. We’re so grateful for you, friends. Keep going, God is mighty in you.

What does it look like for our prayers to be real, honest words - not performative, but an offering to God? Our friend Kayla Craig is leading us into this conversation, and we are so grateful for her mission. We spent a good bit of this conversation with Kayla just telling her how grateful we are for her work. The ministry she is doing is both unique and necessary.

Kayla is, as we referred to her in this episode, a motherhood shepherd who is using her words to help parents navigate parenthood while leaning on God. She is a former journalist turned author. Her work began as she started writing prayers that she hoped would help us navigate parenting in an overwhelming world. Her online space, Liturgies for Parents, is an invitation to draw near to God. Her new book, To Light Their Way, releases on October 5, and we hope that you will preorder this incredible work of art.

Whether you’re a parent or not, listen in on this episode. Kayla shares incredible wisdom for anyone running on mission. We hope you enjoy this conversation. God is mighty in you.

While mission and running on it is absolutely what we love to talk about here, we know that there are some pain points that we all have. We want to be like the friend you FaceTime to process with, so we’re shifting a bit. Interviews with incredible women of mission will absolutely continue here, but we’re also going to dive into the hard and heavy. How can we, the women of God, keep going in some tense spaces? What’s hard about this for us, for you? We have a lot of questions and only a few answers, but we’re leaning in to create some conversation that will hopefully and prayerfully lead us to more compassion, more curiosity, and more hope in Jesus. In this episode, we’re talking all about how we, the women of mission that God is using to bring about change in the world, handle conflict and tension online. How do take care of our souls? How can we use the internet as a window to learn without crashing in the walls of our soul that do keep us safe? And how do we love people well, even when we disagree? We pray this conversation encourages and equips you today as you navigate the internet and social media today. If you love this episode, we would love to hear it! Email Brenna at podcast@goandtellgals.com to share your thoughts on this conversation. We can’t wait to hear from you!

Friends, for a conversation on embracing your story and all its dirty parts, we could think of no better gal than our friend, Mary. In this episode, we’re diving into how to push past the shame of your story to embrace the wisdom gained and the strength of God found right there. God’s power is made perfect in our weakness, and that means we can fully embrace our stories, amen?

Mary Marantz is a Yale Law School graduate and the first in her immediate family to go to college. Her newest book, Dirt, is about growing up in West Virginia, and you are absolutely going to want to grab a copy.

We pray this episode equips and encourages you to tell your story, no matter how messy. God is mighty in you, and He’s using it all for the good of others and the glory of Himself.

Gals, we are so excited to share this week’s episode with you. We sat down with the incredible, beautiful Ginny Owens for a conversation on mission and how to carry hope even when our story turns out differently than we hoped.

You probably know Ginny already as she is a woman on mission, using even her brokenness to tell of God’s glory. She’s a singer, songwriter, author, teacher, and advocate. She’s had three albums chart on Billboard, and she’s performed in diverse spaces like the White House, the SUndance Film Festival, and the National Day of Prayer. Her newest book, Singing in the Dark: Finding Hope in the Songs of Scripture, released this May, and you have got to check it out - it tells the story of her life and how God’s word both informs and changes our own lives. Be sure to grab a copy!

Listen in, and be encouraged. God is using your story. As Ginny says, “we don’t get to choose our circumstances, but we do get to choose the story that our life tells.” Let it be, God.

This episode is sponsored by our friends at BetterHelp. Our Go and Tell Gals listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp.com/goandtellgals. Thank you, BetterHelp, for the work that you do!

If you have ever wondered if your mission actually matters, if it is actually worth it, then friend, this is the episode for you. We sat down with our friend Sharon, and her wisdom and encouragement was the exact gift we needed to hear.

If you don’t already know Sharon Hodde Miller, we’re thrilled to introduce you to her. She’s a teaching pastor, an author, a church planter, a wife, and a mom. And she has her doctorate with a focus on women in calling, so of course she’s a gal we wanted to talk to. We sat down for a conversation on what it means to be a woman in ministry, diversity within the church, using your gifts, and how the resurrection means we, too, get to die to ourselves, trusting God will use it all.

Be encouraged today. God is mighty in you, sister. Keep going!

This episode is sponsored by our friends at BetterHelp. Our Go and Tell Gals listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp.com/goandtellgals. Thank you, BetterHelp, for the work that you do!

Are you a woman on mission, wearing a few different hats? This episode is for you. We sat down with our friend Trillia to talk about motherhood, mission, and life lately. We’re also talking about being a mother on mission, adjusting to the needs of her children. Whether you’re a mother or not, we pray this episode will encourage you today.

Trillia is a wife, a mom, an author, and a speaker. We talk about a bit about her newest book, Creative God, Colorful Us, and why she believes writing books for children, especially ages 8-13, matters. Trillia is using exactly what gifts she has to glorify God, and we’re so thankful for this conversation!

Listen in, be encouraged. God is mighty in your mission!

This episode is sponsored by our friends at BetterHelp. Our Go and Tell Gals listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp.com/goandtellgals. Thank you, BetterHelp, for the work that you do!

How do we dream when we feel broken? How do we cast vision when we're in the thick of grief? This week, Jess sits down with the best dreamer she knows (her husband, Nick Connolly) to help her answer this question.

If you're in the best season of your life - you'll be inspired and encouraged to dream bigger! If you're in the hardest season of your life - this might be the life raft you desperately need. Get ready to be empowered to pursue your boldest goals as Nick dives deep into what it truly means to dream again.

This is not just my podcast; it’s our podcast, and we pray this episode is a blessing to you!

Let’s go

Don’t miss: 

Tired of Being Tired is now out! Click the link to get your copy, + make sure to share it with your family and friends. ⁠

If you're ready to reignite your dreams, grab your Dream Again Guide, crafted by Nick Connolly.

This summer, we're equipping you to seize your season and find abundance right where you are. Each month, we'll release a new, limited-run product. Hats, gratitude journals, posters, and more are COMING SOON! Be the first to know when each new item drops. ⁠Join the waitlist!

Have you ever thought about writing a book? Did you know that one of the best ways to share your story is to write it down? Whether you've considered writing your memoir, a Bible study devotional, a fiction novel, or even a how-to guide, Jess has something exciting to share. Jess invites you to the 'Start Your Book This Summer Challenge' from our friends at Hope Writers. To sign up for this free five-day challenge to start your book this summer, visit hopewriters.com/summer.

In honor of our 100th episode, we’re looking back and dreaming forward. Our conversations here might have looked different over our first 100 episodes, but our hope and prayer is no less anchored: encouraging and equipping you for the good of others and the glory of God.

Join us in this special episode as we think about our first 100, answer some of your incredible questions, and vision cast for our next 100. Regardless of whether you’ve been here for all 100 or just for this episode, we’re so grateful for you. We pray you know that God loves you and that He is mighty in you.

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When our friend Taylor released her first book, she just knew we had to talk to her on the podcast. Taylor is bright and brave, and she trusts God with what is good and what is hard. We just know that her story of hope and healing will leave you encouraged.

Taylor Schumann is a wife, a mom, an author, and an activist. She’s the author of an incredible new book, When Thoughts and Prayers Aren’t Enough: A Shooting Survivor’s Journey Into the Realities of Gun Violence. In 2013, Taylor was injured in a shooting, and now, she’s using that pain and trauma for the good of others and the glory of God. We cannot recommend this book enough - it’s available now wherever books are sold.

In this episode, we’re talking about hearing stories that are different than your own and finding God in the growing. We pray this episode encourages you to listen to the stories you hear and to tell the stories that only you can tell. We pray that you would pray first, then take action — through advocacy, through asking questions, and through however God leads you to make a move. We pray you find hope in Taylor’s mission and that you would know God better because of her words. God is mighty in you, sister.

And, if you haven't heard yet, IF:Lead 2021 is coming up so soon - August 7! Digital passes are on sale now at iflead2021.com, and they start at just $29. Head to iflead2021.com to save your spot!

This week on the Go + Tell Gals Podcast, we’re sharing this conversation with our friend, Bethny Ricks. What happens when your mission shifts? How do you follow Him well into the new spaces He’s calling you to? Bethny is exactly the friend we want to talk to about this.

Bethny is a mother, a woman of prayer, and an encourager. She’s a former business executive, and now, she writes and speaks, using what she’s been given to encourage women. She’s incredibly talented and gifted. We’re so grateful for how she runs on mission!

In this episode, we’re talking all about mission and what to do when it shifts. A lot of times, we think we know what God is doing and exactly what we’re called to. When really, we’re not God, God is God, and He controls all things. We’re talking about hearing God say “go” and following the call that He has for you. We’re talking about rest and leading. We’re talking about how Bethny kept her purpose and mission, even when walking through her recent divorce.

We pray this episode will encourage you today. God is mighty in you, friends - keep going.

And, if you haven't heard yet, IF:Lead 2021 is coming up so soon - August 7! Digital passes are on sale now at iflead2021.com, and they start at just $29. Head to iflead2021.com to save your spot!