Girl, Just Feel Podcast with Dr. Ajene Gailliard

Have you ever known there was more in you, but for some reason, you keep holding yourself back? You know God has given you gifts. You know there are things you’re capable of doing. You may even have opportunities right in front of you, but something inside keeps telling you that you’re not quite good enough, ready enough, talented enough, or whatever enough. I know that feeling. In this episode, I...

I have a confession. After spending the last few episodes talking about pain and learning to pay attention to what I need, I had to actually live it. And it wasn’t nearly as easy as I made it sound. I found myself dealing with a situation I couldn’t fix, couldn’t control, and honestly just wanted to be over. I was frustrated. I was angry. I was anxious. But what surprised me most was that I felt a...

Where have you ignored what you actually needed and called it strength? Many of us have learned to look capable, productive, dependable, and strong while silently suffering underneath it all. We keep performing, providing, protecting, and taking care of everyone else, but we rarely stop long enough to ask what is driving all that striving. I'm sharing how my desire to create a safe and stable home...

What if pain is not the problem? So many of us have learned to treat pain like an enemy. We try to fix it, suppress it, medicate it, pray it away, or escape whatever we believe is causing it. We assume that if we are hurting, something must be wrong with us, our relationships, our faith, or our lives. But in this episode, I’m inviting you to see pain differently. Pain is not always proof that some...

What if the difficulty you’re facing is not proof that something has gone wrong? What if it’s part of how God is growing you? In this episode, I’m sharing honestly about marriage, motherhood, obedience, and the pain that made me want to avoid all three. I didn’t grow up dreaming about getting married and having children. In fact, I had already decided that the safest way to avoid being hurt—or hur...

I’m sharing something a little more personal in this episode. I talk about how God meets us in the middle of our pain, shame, fear, and unanswered questions. We’re looking at Genesis 3 and the fall of man, but not just from the perspective of sin and separation. I want us to pay attention to how God responded after Adam and Eve hid themselves in shame. He questioned them, corrected them, challenge...

In this episode, we’re talking about one of the biggest myths many of us have believed about emotions: that they are either good or bad. But what if emotions aren’t good or bad at all? What if they’re simply information? Today, I’m unpacking why emotions and feelings should not be judged as positive or negative, and why that kind of language can actually make us afraid of the very thing God gave u...

Today we’re talking about trauma. What it is, what it isn’t, and why so many of us misunderstand it. Trauma is not simply the worst thing that happened to you. It’s not measured by how tragic the event was, and it’s not a competition over who had it worse. Trauma is what happens inside of you as a result of what happened to you. It’s how overwhelming stress changes your body, your beliefs, your ne...

Stress is one of those words we use all the time, but what if we've misunderstood it completely? In this episode, we're taking a closer look at what stress actually is, and why it may not be the enemy we've made it out to be. So many of us have learned to respond to stress by either panicking or pushing through. We override our bodies, ignore our limits, spiritualize exhaustion, and wear burnout l...

In this episode of the Girl, Just Feel Podcast, we’re talking about what happens when your body has been carrying more than your soul was ever meant to hold. Dr. Ajene Gailliard shares her experience navigating years of chronic symptoms like pain, fatigue, brain fog, heart palpitations, overwhelm, while still trying to be everything for everybody. Wife. Mom. Homeschooler. Business partner. Church...

What if the very thing you’ve been taught to suppress is actually the doorway to your healing? In this episode of the Girl, Just Feel Podcast, Dr. Ajene begins unpacking one of the core messages behind this platform: emotions are not the enemy. She shares her personal journey with chronic stress, unexplained physical symptoms, anxiety, perfectionism, and survival mode. And explains how disconnecti...

Hey there! Welcome to a new season of the Girl, Just Feel Podcast. This episode is deeply personal because honestly… I almost didn’t record it. After pausing my original podcast, The Experience Freedom Podcast , for nearly two years, I finally sensed it was time to come back, but this time, not just audio. Video too. And if I’m honest? That terrified me. In this episode, I’m sharing the real story...

Never expected it to end like this. We are pressing pause on the podcast. Thanks for listening and be on the lookout for when we return. 

On this episode, Ajene and Michelle share more thoughts about the lies we have embraced around the topic of productivity.  How do we build a life that is more focused on who we are instead of what we do? Book Refrenced: Shameless: Your Season of Hiding is Over! by Shannan Orr  Scripture References: Ephesians 1:4-5  Genesis 3  Galatians 5:22-23 I Corinthians 13  Zechariah 4:10  II Peter 1:3 

On this episode, Ajene and Michelle open up a conversation about the lie of productivity.  Why is it that we often find ourselves paying more attention to what we do than to who we are? 

On this episode, Ajene finishes discussing her insights from swimming lessons. Despite our desire for tough moments to pass swiftly, there's comfort in relying on God's presence with us at every stage of our journey. Scripture References James 1:2-4 2 Corinthians 10:5 Philippians 4:8 Philippians 2:5 Hebrews 4:15

On this episode, Ajene begins to describe the thoughts and feelings that are surfacing as she is taking swimming lessons. Is it possible that a more meaningful healing can come from learning to trust what seems terrifying? 

On this episode, Ajene and Michelle wrap up their conversation about community. As we make time for relationships, we can cultivate trust and a safe environment to share what is really going on in our lives, which will lead to the health and healing we all desire.

Collaboration is the final ingredient for what we can use to build community.  Join us as Ajene and Michelle talk about real life examples of how community helps us to carry what is in our hearts. 

On this episode, Ajene and Michelle continue to ponder how community is formed as we focus on what we have in common. The insights from the book, Them by Ben Sasse, begins  to open new outlooks for Michelle as she begins to chew on some of its concepts. Curiosity, care, cultivate, make up the three c’s of community.  

Welcome back for Season 2! Ajene and Michelle begin a conversation about building community, including 3 types of proximities involved; physical, philosophical and personal. Michelle gives more about her experiences with building community as a young wife and mother and how insights from the book, Them by Ben Sasse has helped her reshape her views on what it takes to stay connected. 

It's Season 2!!! We're so happy to be back with you for another season of the podcast. 

On this episode, Ajene and Michelle wrap up our series on finding freedom from your pain, and we conclude our first season of the podcast! Thanks for joining us on this journey.  Scripture References Lamentations 3:22-23 Isaiah 61:3 Philippians 4:6,8

Our conversation continues with Part 2 of the Finding Freedom From Pain Series. It can be difficult to shift our focus away from seeing our limits as controlling what we can and cannot do. In those times, we are invited to return to the truths about God that we know from His Word.  Scripture References James 1:2 2 Corinthians 12:7-9 Psalm 84:11 Romans 8:28

Have you struggled to finding meaning, let alone, freedom from pain? How do you assess the pain points in your life? On this episode, Ajene and Michelle begin a 3 part series on finding freedom in your pain. Sometimes what feels like limitations can eventually lead to liberation.   Scripture Referenced John 16:33