Earth Tones Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Some stories don’t explain the world…  but they help us stay in it. Today’s episode centers around the story of Anthony Ray Hinton, a man who spent nearly 30 years on death row for a crime he did not commit. 💔 This isn’t an episode about justice systems or timelines. It’s about what kept him alive in a place designed to strip everything away. Friendship that showed up consistentl...

Send us Fan Mail This episode came from a really simple but honest realization I had recently… I’m not single.  I’m ALIIIVE!  The word “single” has been carrying a lot of weight that doesn’t actually belong to it. For some people, it means something is missing.  It turns into questions like: Why are you single?  Why aren’t you married?  What’s wrong? And then on the other side, it swings into this...

Send us Fan Mail How often do patterns show up before the problem ever does? Not just online… but in how we move through our lives. What we share. What we normalize. What we stop questioning. In a digital world, those patterns don’t just stay personal… they become visible and sometimes even traceable. We’re not called to live in fear but we are called to be aware. “Be very careful, then, how you l...

Send us Fan Mail Thank you for your patience with last weeks tech issues! Back with last weeks episode.  This Easter, we’re not skipping to the celebration. This episode is about the burial. The grief we avoid. The parts of ourselves we try to move past too quickly. The resurrection of Jesus wasn’t just a miracle we remember… it’s something we get to experience over and over again.  What if renewa...

Send us Fan Mail In this 10-minute episode, we gently step into the heart of four sacred traditions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism- not to compare, but to listen. Through story, reflection, and stillness, this episode explores the shared threads that quietly weave these paths together: devotion, surrender, compassion, and the search for something greater than ourselves. This is not ab...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we step back into the early centuries of Christianity, long before institutions, long before polished theology and into the raw, quiet lives of the Egyptian monks known as the Desert Fathers. After the death of Jesus and the scattering of early believers, faith spread primarily through oral tradition- shared in homes, over meals, and in small, intimate communities...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, I spend a little more time exploring The Interior Castle by Teresa of Ávila and her beautiful image of the soul as a castle with many rooms. Each room represents a different stage of the spiritual journey, inviting us to move deeper inward toward God. I gently walk through Teresa’s seven rooms of the castle and pause for reflection, asking where you might see y...

Send us Fan Mail Many of us know the feeling of spiritual dryness. We pray, we search, we scroll, we listen to podcasts… and still feel strangely disconnected from ourselves, from our relationships, and from God. In this episode of Earth Tones, I reflect on a heavy start to the year and the quiet realization that sometimes the problem isn’t that God has gone silent. Sometimes it’s that our world h...

Send us Fan Mail What do we do when evil looks like it’s flourishing? Psalm 37 doesn’t ignore that tension. It names it. David admits he has seen the wicked “spreading like a green tree.” Strong. Rooted. Untouchable. And yet… not permanent. In this episode, we step into the courtroom of heaven and wrestle with what God’s justice actually means in a world where corruption, deception, and injustice...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I share a personal reflection on how I’ve been encountering God not only through prayer, scripture, or tradition, but through people. As Ramadan and Lent unfold side by side, I’ve found myself paying attention to the quiet ways faith shows up in conversations, friendships, hospitality, and even moments of discomfort. These sacred seasons invite us to slow down, to...

Send us Fan Mail This devotional is offered as many process difficult revelations and conversations circulating in the news, including discussions around the Epstein files… As difficult information circulates and conversations grow louder, many of us are carrying questions, grief, and even fear. This episode is an invitation to respond differently, not by turning away, but by turning toward the li...

Send us Fan Mail This conversation with Tiffanie Jensen is an honest, expansive look at love as an intelligence—one that is guided by God and practiced daily inside real family life. Together, we explore blended families through three equally important lenses: the parent, the marriage, and the child. Tiffanie shares how holding all three perspectives at once has been essential to creating safety,...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when me and my girlfriends get honest… with questions from my audience about love, attraction, sex, dating, situationships, and relationships? A LOT!  In this girls-night-turned-podcast, we crack open everything from lust to heartbreak, and what women actually want in love. It starts playful, a little spicy, and quickly turns into something deeper. The kind of convers...

Send us Fan Mail This weekend, my son turned nine! 🎈❤️ We celebrated with sixteen boys, endless laughter, an Xbox, and a house that may never fully recover. But later that night, when everything was quiet, he cried and told me how hard it is that his parents aren’t together… and how scared he is to grow up. In this solo episode, I talk about: What it feels like when your child names a grief you c...

Send us Fan Mail In this deeply moving episode of Earth Tones , I sit down with my friend- Afro artist PENI , who opens his heart and story with rare honesty. PENI shares what it was like growing up in Nigeria and experiencing profound loss early in life, losing both of his parents and his sister. He reflects on the distinct impact each of them had on shaping who he is today, and how their teachin...

Send us Fan Mail Childhood healing, divorce, inner child, family relationships, imperfect parents, father daughter healing, emotional growth, forgiveness, healing journey, faith and healing, personal reflection, adult healing, feel to heal  This episode is a reflection of my childhood, divorce, and the armor I built to survive  and what happened when I returned to those memories later in life with...

Send us Fan Mail The world has a way of teaching us to harden- to protect ourselves by closing off, pulling back, or carrying unspoken resentment. But wisdom doesn’t require hardness, and discernment doesn’t have to turn into bitterness. In this episode, I reflect on what it means to stay soft without losing your wisdom- to practice discernment as clarity rather than resentment, and to protect you...

Send us Fan Mail As we step into a new year, Episode 22 of Earth Tones offers a gentle alternative to the pressure of New Year’s resolutions! This episode explores why mantras are more invitational than resolutions — why they don’t demand perfection, discipline, or constant self-correction, but instead invite us back to ourselves again and again. Mantras are not about mastery. They’re about mainte...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode is a little different. I was recently interviewed by a dear friend and fellow single mother on her podcast about navigating the holidays when the kids aren’t with you. She generously allowed me to share the raw audio here on Earth Tones, because the reflections are deeply personal-  and come directly from my own lived experience over the last six years! While this...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we explore what happens after survival — when rebellion no longer needs to be sharp, and the body begins asking for softness, honesty, and care. Joined by a woman from the Virgin Islands, a young mother, and a guide in embodiment work, this conversation moves gently but truthfully through the evolution many women experience: from rebellion as protection, to respon...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I sit down with my longtime friend Kyra to explore the journey from repression and perfectionism to authenticity, accountability, and emotional freedom. Together, we talk about the pressure to perform as the “perfect wife,” the hidden impact of childhood trauma, the chronic anxiety that comes from abandoning yourself, and the unraveling that happens when truth ris...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we step into a conversation that goes beyond survival and motherhood. It’s a testimony of faith, migration, and the quiet miracles God gives when you choose yourself. Our guest shares her journey as a young immigrant mother who left her marriage — not because of abuse — but because she refused to live a life of limitation. She was expected to be a traditional wife...

Send us Fan Mail This week I sit down with my ride or die, Elli- a woman who moves through life with equal parts humor, hustle, and heart.  As two single mothers, we talk openly about the realities behind today’s title- from the chaos and comedy of raising kids alone, to the quiet internal battles that most moms never speak about. We share how we met (plot twist: her boyfriend cheated on her with...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I invite all listeners into a deeply personal heart-work season.. a 30-day spiritual lock-in where I allow God to operate as the Master Surgeon on the places that hurt, linger, and need healing. I reflect on the moment I realized she couldn’t keep trying to heal in her own strength. Instead, she surrendered the surgery table and asked God to remove what wasn’t ser...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we sit down with a youth mentor, father of two, and lifelong athlete who shares his journey from street life to self-discovery through faith and basketball. He opens up about losing loved ones at a young age, navigating grief, and finding strength on and off the court. What began as a way to get the pressure off his back became a lifelong calling- leading him to c...