A Catholic Journey

✨ JOIN US IN THE DAILY THREAD✨ If you've been feeling like faith keeps getting pushed to the bottom of your list — like you're fitting God in instead of building your life around Him — this is for you. Audrey and I created The Daily Thread, a Catholic community for women who are ready to stop squeezing God into their day and start letting Him be the foundation of it. Each month members receive a...

✨ Something Special — Introducing The Daily Thread If you've been feeling like you want more structure and intentionality in your relationship with God, this is for you. Jessica and her friend Audrey (from the Aligned with Audrey Diaz podcast) have created The Daily Thread — a monthly workbook and podcast based on the daily Mass readings, designed to make your relationship with God the foundation...

  ✨ Something Special✨ Audrey and I created The Daily Thread because we kept having the same conversation. Faith keeps getting pushed to the bottom of the list. We fit God in when we can, instead of building everything else around Him. The Daily Thread is a Catholic community for women who are ready to flip that. To stop squeezing God into their day and start letting Him be the foundation of it....

Episode Summary Grief has a way of changing everything — including our relationship with God. In this episode of A Catholic Journey, host Jessica Diaz opens up about losing both of her parents in 2022 and the five small but powerful steps that helped her find her way back to God in the middle of that pain. These aren't complicated spiritual practices reserved for the super holy. They're real, doab...

Episode Summary After some time away from the microphone, Jessica is back — and she's sharing exactly where God has been leading her heart. In this episode, Jessica opens up about the season of discernment that led to her pause, what it looks like to choose a relationship with God every single day, and why faith is never about perfection — it's about perseverance. She also revisits her story of lo...

⚠️ Content Notice This episode discusses grief, trauma, and the loss of a parent to suicide. Some parts may be difficult to hear. Please listen with care. 🆘 If you or someone you know is struggling, help is available. Call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or visit 988lifeline.org . You are not alone. 📺 Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/NZOnp0t-o8k Episode Summary Some gr...

Episode Summary When you lose a parent, you don't just lose a person. You lose your home base. That safety net. The place you could always go back to — no questions asked, no expectations. Just unconditional love. In this episode of A Catholic Journey, Jessica opens up about one of the most unspoken parts of losing a parent: the feeling of being orphaned, even as a full-grown adult. The feeling th...

Episode Summary What happens when you come off the high of a faith milestone and suddenly feel... nothing? The fire that was burning so bright just weeks ago feels like a wet log. You know God is there. You just don't feel Him the way you used to. In this episode of A Catholic Journey, recorded from a car in a parking lot during a 45-minute wait, Jessica gets real about the dry season she's been w...

📺 Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/s5OBQ0UXWvQ Episode Summary There are losses that come with a funeral — and losses that don't. Losses that have a name — and losses nobody ever taught us to grieve. In this episode of A Catholic Journey, Jessica sits down with trauma-informed writer and grief coach Katy Parker to talk about the kind of grief that often goes unseen. Katy opens up a...

Episode Summary Have you ever experienced something that felt like too much of a coincidence to actually be a coincidence? A whisper. A nudge. A door that opened at exactly the right moment? In this episode of A Catholic Journey, Jessica Diaz shares three personal God moments from her own life — moments where what looked like coincidence was actually God speaking, guiding, and leading her toward s...

Episode Summary Grief doesn't end when the funeral does. The condolences stop, the flowers die, the world goes back to normal — but you're not normal. You're still in it. And nobody really talks about that part. In this episode of A Catholic Journey, Jessica Diaz sits down with her good friend Alicia Corvin for one of the most honest conversations about what grief actually looks like in real life....

Episode Summary What does it take to truly find your faith? For Jessica Diaz, it took losing both of her parents — 30 days apart — in January 2022. In this very first episode of A Catholic Journey, Jessica shares her personal testimony. She grew up Catholic in name but never really practiced the faith — Easter Mass here, Ash Wednesday there, no Bible, no real relationship with God. It wasn't until...

Episode Summary Life after grief can feel overwhelming — but faith gives us hope. Welcome to A Catholic Journey, a podcast hosted by Jessica Diaz where honest conversations about loss, faith, and healing take center stage. This is a space to explore what it means to lean on God in tough times, deepen your understanding of the Catholic faith, and find grace in the journey — even when the path forwa...