Even in the Small Things | Faith, Meditation, and Mindfulness for Black Women

As a companion to Episode 11, this minisode features a visualization-based meditation— T he Co-Creation Compass—to help you align sovereignty and surrender with God’s will, move from trust, and practice real-time partnership with the Divine. You’ll be guided to center yourself in Trust, receive Vision (North), exercise Choice (East), check Alignment (South), and Release outcomes (West)—closing wit...

This is it—the season finale, and honey, it's a full-circle moment. Jewelle gets real about how she's been "living a lesson and a test out loud" throughout this entire season, building in front of you while God was building HER up from the inside. In this raw, powerful episode, she unpacks what it means to grow from infant faith to mature faith—from a baby who needs constant direction to a soverei...

As a companion to Episode 10, this minisode features a short, reflective check-in to help you return to the vision you’re holding with God and reconnect with the theme guiding this season of your life. Through gentle stillness, prayerful listening, and guided reflection, you’ll create space to notice what God is inviting you to embody today and how to move in alignment—without pressure, urgency, o...

What if planning your year wasn't about setting goals you hope God will bless, but about asking Him what He wants to birth through you? In this episode, Jewelle introduces Life Visioning—a spiritual discernment practice developed by Rev. Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith that shifts the question from "What do I want to accomplish?" to "What is seeking to emerge through me?" Drawing from scripture, Beck...

As a companion to Episode 9, this minisode features a guided daydreaming visualization designed to help you rest, connect with God, and imagine a liberated future rooted in safety, freedom, and wholeness. Through breath, ancestral remembrance, and intentional imagination, you’ll be guided into DreamSpace—a sacred pause where productivity and pressure fall away, your nervous system softens, and div...

Why is rest so hard for Black women to claim—and what does it cost us when we don’t? In this episode, Jewelle explores the spiritual, ancestral, and energetic necessity of rest for Black women, naming it not as a luxury, but as a practice of resistance, remembrance, and restoration. Drawing from scripture, epigenetics, Afrofuturism, and the teachings of Tricia Hersey (The Nap Ministry) and Cole Ar...

As a companion to Episode 8, this minisode features a body-scan meditation to ground you into the ease, safety, and security of the present moment—especially when you’re feeling angst or anxiety about what the future holds. This meditation helps you connect to your breath, your body, and the sensations around you. A beautiful two-part mantra supports you in accessing the present moment and settlin...

What if the very pursuit of your purpose is what's keeping you from it? In this episode, Jewelle explores how presence—not pursuit—becomes the pathway to fulfilling your divine design. Through the lens of Pixar's Soul, Jesus's unhurried ministry, and the wisdom of Florence Scovel Shinn, she reveals why 91% of people experience "purpose anxiety" and how practicing presence offers a different way fo...

As a companion to Episode 7, this minisode features a fun and gentle thoughtwork practice designed to help you shift your emotional and energetic state with intention. Using the Focus Wheel Process—a tool created by Abraham Hicks—Jewelle guides you in real time through a simple but powerful exercise that helps you move from emotional disruption back into grounded alignment with your Highest Self....

In this episode, Jewelle reframes the familiar phrase “cleanliness is next to Godliness,” revealing its true spiritual meaning: tending to the inside of your cup. Through Christ-centered insight and honest self-reflection, she explores what it really means to keep your heart, mind, emotions, and energy clean so you can stay close to God—and close to your Highest Self. This is a grounded, liberatin...

As a companion to Episode 6, this minisode takes us back to our roots, the first thing many of us were taught to do as a way to connect with God: prayer. Following the impulse to authentically share some of the challenges of her season of surrender, Jewelle reads three prayers from one of her favorite spiritual books: Prayers of Manifestation. These prayers, Fulfillment, Happiness, and Vocation in...

  Ever find yourself asking God for guidance, only to turn around and try to “help” Him carry it out? In this raw and revealing episode, Jewelle returns to the mic with an impromptu word straight from the wilderness of ego, obedience, and spiritual misalignment. Through tender storytelling and biblical reflection, she invites us into the sacred space of surrender once again —reminding us that God...

Even in the Small Things family, can you believe we've been going strong for 10 weeks straight?! With 5 soul-stirring episodes and 5 supporting minisodes, we've gone from nothing to something in such a short time. We're halfway through season 1 and want to take the time to make sure that this podcast remains on mission and in service to you. New episodes drop in October. In the meanwhi...

As a companion to Episode 5, this minisode features a visualization-based nervous system practice called Leaps and Landings , adapted from the work of Deb Dana. This gentle exploration helps you examine the protective patterns that may be keeping you from receiving what you’ve been praying for—and supports you in safely imagining a new way of being. Through four guided steps—observe, let go, leap,...

What if the only thing standing between you and the life you’ve been praying for… is your ability to receive it? In this episode, I’m joined by bestselling author and leadership strategist Jacqueline V. Twillie to explore the final stage of divine co-creation: receiving. Together, we unpack how faith, energy, and embodiment all work together to prepare you for the blessings you’ve been calling in....

S1M4 - As a companion to Episode 4, this minisode features a visualization-based meditation to help you align your manifestation with God’s will and guidance. While you visualize yourself posted on your rampart, you’ll draw near to God, share your questions and fears, ask for correction and clarity, and receive instruction on what to do—and what not to do—in service of the highest good. If you are...

S1E4: You’ve made the vision board, you’ve recited the affirmations, yet, the reality you’re manifesting keeps missing the mark? Maybe the missing link is...God. In this episode of Even in the Small Things, we explore what it truly means to manifest with God. Using the story of the prophet Habakkuk as a spiritual anchor, Jewelle guides us through a spiritual process of listening, aligning, and tru...

As a companion to Episode 3, this minisode features a a visualization-based meditation to help us start to clear any potential blockages and stimulate the flow of Divine energy to and through our Chakras. We’ll pair our visualizations with affirmations to reinforce the balancing of each Chakra.  If you are driving or doing any type of activity that requires you to be alert, you can certainly liste...

S1E3: In this episode, Jewelle is joined by wellness facilitator and body-mind expert, J. Chavae. Through sharing her personal experiences, J. Chave and Jewelle explore how the chakra system is a powerful tool for co-creating our reality with God. They discuss how balancing our energy centers helps us transform divine inspiration into tangible, everyday blessings. Together, they demystify the chak...

S1M2: As a companion to Episode 2, this minisode features a mental reframing practice called “Choose Again”.  Since our choices and our actions reflect how we see ourselves and ultimately how we see God, this practice helps us learn how to  “make a better choice” anytime we forget our identity as God’s children. It teaches us how to shift from fear, doubt, and separation into love, trust, and conn...

S1E2: Parenting sometimes has a way of showing us what it's like for God to parent us. In this episode, Jewelle  explores what it means to fully rest in your identity as God’s beloved child. Through real-life moments with her children, she draws powerful parallels to our relationship with God—how we demand answers, rush blessings, ignore instructions, and sometimes settle for less than what’s been...

S1M1: As a companion to Episode 1, this minisode features a grounding affirmation practice designed to help you reduce your fears and get you to a place of easeful surrender. “Knowing You are Guided” is a practice adopted and adapted from Abraham Hicks. Jewelle’s updated version fuses Christian faith with afro-centric ancestral veneration (respect and honor for those that came before us), remindin...

S1E1: What if the blessing isn’t in the breakthrough, but in the release? In this opening episode of Even in the Small Things, Jewelle invites you into the intimate terrain of a surrendered season—where plans unravel, clarity fades, and the only way forward is to let go. Through personal reflection, spiritual insight, and raw storytelling, she explores what it means to trust God even when the visi...

Welcome to Even in the Small Things, where we explore how God’s presence is woven into our everyday lives. Our host, Jewelle T. Brown, a faith-led creative and wellness educator - blends traditional teachings with practical wellness tools to help listeners navigate the familiar challenges of a faith-filled life. Whether it’s through mindful parenting, finding purpose in your work, or simply naviga...