In This Season

Luke 18:17 talks of having faith like a child. And this faith is not passive but active, curious and seeking. I’m part one of the questioning season talks about the danger of accepting scriptures and sermons at face value without looking deeper into the context for yourself.

Join Rae in a quick recap of her time on church mission and the lessons she learnt along the way. Following that conversation, Rae opens up about some changes to the podcast that you’ll want to hear.

“Be made new in the attitude of your minds and…put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.” We are currently in a battle. A battle for our peace, our sanity, our attention, our lives. How can we properly prepare for and protect against negative thinking patterns that lead only to disaster? The answer lies in how we think.

Jana Gous is a student at Stellenbosch University as well as a young up-and-coming Afrikaans poet. As a dear friend of Rae, she agreed to sit down and unpack her creative process, recent accomplishments and advice for other artists. Join Rae and Jana in this episode to discuss how to overcome writers’ block, where to find inspiration, and a sneaky peek into Jana’s first poetry book. This is an epi...

Rae had a conviction to get more niche within the podcast. With this decision to branch into a niche came a whole lot of life questions. How much should she share on social media? Is she being authentic? Should she even continue to record Simply Rae? (Good news, she is). And with these (almost) unanswerable questions she unpacked a great truth of life. A truth that makes the high and the low so wo...

On to the 3rd and final week of this series…. How do you find Godly friendships? When should you cut ties with toxic friends? How can you use your external environment to protect your mental health? Join Rae today as she dives into all these questions to conclude this 3 part series. If you haven’t listens to the first 2 episodes, they are available on all Simply Rae platforms. Have a golden week!

How would you rate your physical health? How are your hobbies? Do you read often? How much sleep do you get? Do you feel like you have freedom in your finances, or that your money has trapped you? These are all questions we’ll explore in today’s episode to continue discussing how we can upgrade our lives and live in abundance.

This week is the first week of the 3 part Glow Recipe Series. We talk about Vision, Mindset, Emotional and Spiritual glow and growth.

We have created a selfish generation who have been told the world revolves around them. It’s not our fault but it is our responsibility to learn about why and how we can begin to see we are not “the main characters”

“We accept the love we think we deserve.” What kind of love are you surrounded by? I know for me, one of the reasons I’m so content to be single (in a romantic sense) is because I am still loved by beautiful friends and family. Love is not only found in romance. If you are looking for fulfillment and deferring happiness for a relationship, you’re never going to be happy nor fulfilled. Are you look...

Do you every look at soldiers in the army and think “wow, they are so disciplined!” If you’re like me, you’ve wondered their secrets and maybe even hoped to grow and build that level of discipline someday. The discipline that’ll keep you consistent and the person you want to be even when times get tough. If this kinda things interests you then this is the episode to listen to!!

My last week of being a teenager!!??? Here are 20 things I wish to leave with you after reflecting on nearly 20 years of walking this earth. Crazy how time flies!

An extract from the book 101 essays to change the way you think is explored in the episode with Rae chatting about each characteristic of an emotionally strong person

Hey guys! It’s Rae, welcome back! Join me for this episode as we chat about learning to let go of control and the way we hoped life would go in order to achieve peace and unchallenged joy in the midst of life’s challenges.

Join an old time favourite guest, Savannah Farris and Rae as they dive into attempting to explain university and give advice and lessons learnt from first hand experience. Buckle up for some fun anecdotes, interesting quips and a whole lot of great stories! *Technical note; there was heavy traffic outside the apartment so a lot of the audio had to be cut for sound quality purposes. Apologies for t...

Hello lovely listeners! This informal episode is a little heart to heart with Rae as she expresses her recent thoughts and challenges she faces this last week. Join us as we hear about the “blah” week she had but more importantly, the lessons she’s brought out of it.

We've all heard the idea of romanticizing your life and being the main character, etc. But do we know how to get started? Is this idea easier said than done? And how can I stick to it to discover if it really will change my life? These are the kinds of questions Rae looks into in this week's episode. How to romanticize your life? Look no further than the Simply Rae podcast. Enjoy!

The truth is… it isn’t real. Rae has done some reading up on perhaps the darker side of reality TV shows and found some pretty interesting facts. Now she is in no way saying reality TV needs to end, her goal is to simply educate and call to question the aftermath of watching these shows. Join Rae as she discusses a collection of opinions and statistics leading to the question…why isn’t reality TV...

Happy week of love guys! I know that’s super awkward but this episode isn’t as bad (hehe). Today we’ll be looking at why you should get to know yourself and date yourself before jumping into a relationship with someone. (If you are already dating someone then this episode also includes ways to grow with your s/o) The moral of the story boils down to, how you treat yourself. How you show people you...

Self love nowadays is a delicate balance between Pinterest vision boards and pretty Pilates photos and the hard runs at 5am. Finding this is balance can be long and dangerous. Join Rae and her forever friend Kareena Hurst as they chat about navigating the slippery slope of learning to love yourself and trust who you are. Tune in for an action packed episode full of wisdom and insight into how to m...

It all started with an Instagram dm, asking after the idea of toxic positivity….Thank you for tuning in today. I have done some research into toxic positivity after some people on Instagram started chatting to me about it and I’d love to share what I’ve read with you! I discovered that too much positivity is not good. In fact it can be detrimental to our mental health. You need to give yourself an...

Bring a Christian in today’s world can be confusing and uncomfortable. Join Rae today as she chats to an old schoolmate of hers who has advanced to become a leader of the Amplified Youth Group in City Hill church. Levi Wimble has achieved many accolades throughout his life but his perhaps biggest and best is his steadfast relationship in God. Tune in to hear him share his wisdom into tricky situat...

It’s the natural order. So, stop caring what they think. It only takes one person (you) to get up, stare the fear in face, and start dancing and the rest of them will join you because you were created to dance first and think later. We are human beings and when we get happy, we want to share it. We smile at people when they smile at us because happiness is contagious. It is scary being the first p...

Hello, hello! Welcome back to the Simply Rae pod! Today we are chatting with my beautiful sister Joanna Reardon and debating your "spicy" questions for Christians. When trying to sum up this episode, I found I could not...the only way to know what it holds is to listen. Let's go! Questions and timestamps... Is it necessary for me to go to church as a Christian? (2:24) Is it okay to q...

Welcome to the first episode of the 2024 season! I'm so glad you stopped by to listen to this episode :) Here, we'll reflect on the highs and the lows that 2023 threw at us as a reminder that life can have both good and bad, and still be good. We'll then hear an entry from Rae's journal, in the form of a letter addressed to 2024, exploring her hopes and prays for this next year. La...