Let's Be Cleere

Do you want to know the quickest way to feel seventeen again? For me, it’s a concert. There is something about live music that strips away the mental clutter. The to-do lists. The emails. The pressure. For a couple of hours, nobody is thinking about what happened yesterday or what’s waiting tomorrow. You’re simply there. Singing. Laughing. Remembering. Fully alive inside a moment you can’t get bac...

Have you ever watched your child struggle with something and immediately felt the urge to step in? Maybe they couldn’t find the right words in a conversation. Maybe they were frustrated by homework. Maybe they forgot something important. Maybe they felt nervous before an event. Maybe they were disappointed by a friendship. Or maybe they were standing on a stool trying to fill up their own water bo...

Last week we talked about what happens when life pivots. How panic narrows our perspective. How our minds start filling in gaps God never filled in. How one conversation, one disappointment, one unanswered question can suddenly occupy far more emotional real estate than it deserves. We talked about the temptation to regain control when life feels uncertain and the invitation to trust God’s charact...

There’s a story in Scripture that feels almost too extreme to relate to—and yet somehow, it speaks directly into this exact tension. Hang with me here for a second. Genesis 22: 1-2 says: Some time later, God tested Abraham’s faith. “Abraham!” God called. “Yes,” he replied. “Here I am.” “Take your son, your only son—yes, Isaac, whom you love so much—and go to the land of Moriah. Go and sacrifice hi...

Have you ever walked through something hard—maybe a tragedy, a really heavy season, or even just a stretch where you’re juggling more than you can carry—and someone looks at you and says, “Let me know if you need anything”? You smile. You say thank you. You mean it. And they mean it!!! But deep down, you already know… you’re not going to let them know. Not because you couldn’t use the help but bec...

I think we all feel assaulted by how quickly the days seem to move by and how it is possible for us to care so deeply about something… and still feel like we are barely keeping up with it. Or even more honest—we are giving priority to so many other things and get distracted from investing in what matters most to us. At the top of this list—our marriage. Where we don’t mean to be, but somehow we fe...

Have you ever noticed how the entire week leading up to Easter, we tend to focus almost exclusively on the resurrection? The celebration. The revival. The empty tomb. We are HYPE! We are planning for the Easter brunch or the easter egg hunt and all the ways we love to commemorate Easter— and all of these are GREAT and fun and HOLY things to do—  I just think that sometimes, we forget how the very...

If you listened to last week’s episode, you know this series isn’t about demonizing the internet or pretending we can all move to the woods. That would be nice sometimes— real life gets exhausting. Uncomfortable. Hard. Confusing. But also, it is soooooooo good and so sweet— and my fear? That we miss so much of that. Not because we aren’t “spiritual enough” or because our faith is lacking; it is si...

This conversation started not because I think social media or the internet is the enemy— that would be a little crazy considering you are reading this on an app and you most likely heard about it through social media. I am SO GRATEFUL for the gift of the online space, the community it provides, the resources it has illuminated, and the ability to connect with others in the most unique ways. Howeve...

Friendship didn’t stop mattering when we became adults. It just became more layered, more tender, and more vulnerable. The Bible never treats friendship as optional or superficial. From the very beginning, God said something was not good — and it wasn’t work, purpose, or responsibility. It was isolation. “It is not good for man to be alone.” — Genesis 2:18 Friendship is not a bonus feature of life...

So much of our anxiety, exhaustion, and restlessness isn’t coming from bad choices—but from unexamined ones. Our calendars quietly shape our formation. What we allow onto them forms who we are becoming. These nine questions aren’t rules. They’re bumpers—loving boundaries that help you steward your time with wisdom, peace, and faith. Continue the Conversation Additional reflections, extended audio,...

Have you ever found yourself in a season where the unknowns feel stacked on top of each other? You’re praying, you’re showing up, you’re doing what you know to do—but the future still seems hazy. It’s like driving through heavy fog: you can see enough to keep moving forward, but what lies ahead feels blurred and out of reach. Seasons like this can make you wonder if God is distant, distracted, or...

What do you do when your life looks fine on the outside… but deep down, you’re wondering, “Is this really it?” In this episode, I sit down with my friend Rachel Awtrey—host of the Real Talk with Rachel podcast and author of her brand new book, Love Your Life, Even When You Don’t Like It. Rachel is the girl you want in your corner: deeply honest, wildly encouraging, and somehow able to make you lau...

What do you do when the outcome you want feels out of reach? When the people you love are walking through things you can’t fix… And when control feels like a survival tactic you just can’t shake? In this episode, I sit down with Jodie Berndt—speaker, author, and the voice behind the Praying the Scriptures series—for a conversation that goes way beyond parenting. Whether you’re single, married, par...

What do you think about in the moments you believe might be your last? When Vallie Collins boarded US Airways Flight 1549, she never imagined it would be known as the Miracle on the Hudson. And she certainly didn’t expect to hear the captain’s voice over the speaker say, “Brace for impact.” But on that cold January day in 2009, her life—and every perspective she held—was about to be radically rede...

What’s it like to grow up with a front-row seat to fame, only to find yourself center stage in a story you never saw coming? In this episode, Cleere sits down with the radiant and real Mattie Jackson—author, speaker, podcast host, and daughter of country music legend Alan Jackson—for a conversation that’s equal parts heartache and healing, grit and grace. Mattie opens up about what it was like to...

There’s a quiet unraveling that can happen in the name of doing it all. You wake up one morning feeling like a shadow of yourself—your schedule’s full, your to-do list is long, but your soul feels thin. You’re showing up, sure… but not from a place of wholeness. “Something has to shift”, you think. In today’s episode of Let’s Be Cleere, I’m joined by my dear friend Alyssa Joy Bethke—author, mama (...

How do you know when support turns to enabling? How do we be proactive with our children while letting them build emotional resilience? How does grief and anxiety look different in girls and boys? What do we do as parents to help our kids deal with anxiety without removing the obstacles that help them grow? These are just a few of the things we dug into in my conversation with renown counselor and...

Does the thought of putting on a bathing suit this summer make you anxious or ashamed? Do you struggle to see yourself the way God speaks about you? Do you even know what He says about you? Do you struggle with knowing how to nourish yourself or how to move your body in a way that pleases the Lord? If it were up to Jesus, how would we steward the temple in which He has made His home? My dear frien...

What does it really mean to live from a place of wholeness? How do we seek healing? How do we know when we are operating out of a pain cycle— what does it look like to find the root, do the deep work, and let God restore us from the inside out? In this convo, my DEAR friend, Meshali Mitchell, digs into the process the Lord has taken her through— both in her own soul and literally as she restores a...

I think this is a question we all ask ourselves, right? How do we know that we know that we know when it’s God speaking? What if it’s not? In this episode, I walk through four “tests” per se, that might help you discern whether what you’re hearing is actually the voice of God. Hint: It doesn’t sound like Morgan Freeman and it’s usually not a burning bush. Disappointing, I know. But truly, we tend...

You know the cycle: You start the day already exhausted and end it defeated, all the while telling yourself things will get better if you can just power through this week. But then the weeks turn into months, and you start to believe you'll never be able to stop, slow down, or catch your breath. You wouldn't even know how if you tried. Is this how God intended for us to live? How do we enter into...

Maybe you feel like you don’t have what it takes to walk in the direction God has called you? Maybe you see others operating in their strengths + gifts and you think, “If only _____ weren’t true”? Maybe you’re feeling the tug to pursue something or take a leap of faith but the voices of your inner critic, the shame of your past, or the odds in your life don’t seem to be in your favor? Your brain s...

Ever feel like you’re working really hard and somehow everyone else is walking in the blessing you’re praying for? Or maybe you just feel unseen or anonymous and you feel your flesh crying out for significance? Or maybe you’re tired of waiting and waiting and waiting to hold a promise that has yet to come to fruition? We dive into this very thing — Allison talks about what it means to choose a lif...

Everyone always says, “You shouldn’t operate out of fear.” And I only HALFWAY agree with that. I would clarify and say this: YOu must operate out of the right kind of fear. We are always operating out of fear of something. It’s how we are wired. Either we are operating out of worldly fear and that drives us or we are living out of holy fear and that is guiding us. Fear isn’t a negative thing; it’s...