She Rises with Rachel Clare

What if Christmas didn’t have to feel rushed, overwhelming, or exhausting? In this special Christmas episode, I sat down with my dear friend and incredible mother, Melinda Sundberg, who truly lives the spirit of the season. Together, we talked about how to put first things first during December, create meaningful traditions that actually fit your family, and choose joy—even when life fee...

In this solo episode of the She Rises podcast, Rachel Tucker explores the themes of divine purpose, self-love, and the relationship between weaknesses and strengths. She emphasizes the importance of recognizing one's divine worth and the unique gifts each person possesses. Rachel discusses how weaknesses are not failures but rather opportunities for growth and humility, encouraging listeners to em...

I loved having Jill Pack on the She Rises podcast with me! Jill is an incredible coach of midlife women of faith who are struggling in their relationships with their adult children. Jill's background in coaching comes from training, but also from her own personal life experiences, which can often be life's best teachers. She has her own podcast called Seasons Of Joy, which can be found on YouTube,...

Tess Frame is a wife and boy mom who lives in Southern CA. She is an amateur quilter and believes in saying yes to opportunities that come, but doesn't believe in perfection.  Tess is the co-founder of Happy Sacrament , a company that offers thoughtful products and toys to bring children closer to Christ. She also helped host the We Are Creators Conference   in Utah in October. Tess...

In our most vulnerable episode yet, Emily Deaton shares her experience of giving a baby up for adoption, her parents' Christlike examples of love and support, experiencing divorce, and navigating the experience of finding love again.  Emily has a gift for being raw and honest and completely open about the hard experiences life has handed her. She believes that if her story can help someo...

Trigger warning: this episode involves conversation around suicide. Emily Susan Pack is funny. Truly, her humor and wit are a gift to the world. She is also an incredible musician, a wife and mother, and woman who lives her life with arms wide open. In this episode, Emily shares with us the details of her unique faith journey, her experience witnessing a suicide and her subsequent suicidal ideatio...

Rachel Romans is a mother of almost 10 children- 6 biological, 2 adopted, and 2 adoptions in process. She is drawn to children with special needs and service, and she talks about how she was prepared even as far back as her teenage years to step into the roles that she has as an adult. Rachel has recently founded a nonprofit learning center for teenagers with special needs called the Exceptional M...

Kate Lee is a wife, mom of two, and an artist who has made it a practice to routinely take time to connect with God in nature. Kate has come into her own as a painter of religious art, and her style is uniquely hers. She is a hippie at heart, and feels most connected to God and to herself when she spends time alone in nature. Kate talks about the importance of spending the time necessary to heal f...

Stephanie Webb has done just about everything- from being a homeschooling mom to a podcaster to a Nutritionist with a Master's Degree to an author. She is an insatiable learner and truly grabs life by the horns. Stephanie is a mother of 3 and is currently finishing work on her first novel. In this episode, we discuss the power of purpose, and jumping when it feels right. We talk about the importan...

Ellery Pugmire is a Southern California mom of five who stays busy homeschooling her children, running them to various sporting events, teaching in church, and being involved in personal projects. Ellery sat down with Rachel recently to discuss prayer- a topic she's been passionately focused on in recent weeks and months. Ellery talks about the strength that comes when we allow prayer to be our de...

Scarlet Bushman, the face behind @sparkgoodness and @missionarymomco shares the ups and downs in the process of conversion to the gospel of Jesus Christ, the sudden loss of her brother, and entering a new phase of life: empty nesting. Scarlet immigrated to Boston from Guatemala when she was 10 and went on a deep faith journey as a teenager. Finding and accepting the gospel of Jesus Christ was tran...

Emily Shay is a mother and artist who has spent the past few years letting the Lord shape her through her artwork. She has learned what it means to truly align her will with God's, to dig deep and feel her feelings, to understand the connection between the conscious and subconscious mind through early-morning journaling, and to embrace gospel symbolism. Emily spent 8 weeks this past summer doing a...

In this episode, Wendy Jones shares some of her experiences as a mission leader alongside her husband in the Brazil Porto Alegre South mission. Wendy is a mom of four, the founder of the nonprofit organization The Sister Project in Arizona, a certified public speaker and certified faith-based life coach. She loves DIY projects and is most comfortable with a power tool or can of paint in her hands....

Jen Grover is a health nut and fitness guru, as well as a college professor who has, for decades, prioritized taking care of her health. It was shocking not only to her, but those who knew her well, when she was hit with a cancer diagnosis. Adding to that blow was a personal tragedy that came during her treatment. In this episode, Jen talks about all of the emotions that come through such experien...

Anna Connell is a wife and mother of 4, a health enthusiast, a business owner, and has spent the past two years working on the social media for the Farmington, NM temple open house. She loves Jesus, she follows promptings quickly, and those things have led to great blessings and miracles in her life. In this episode, Anna shares with us what it was like to battle a severe illness while still runni...

Lynette Hernaez Bryant is an incredible athlete who rose to be the BYU Women's Soccer goal-keeper for the past two seasons. Their team became #1 in the nation during her inaugural season at BYU in 2023 and finished in the Final Four that year. But her journey of success and rising started long before her college soccer days. In this episode, Lynette recounts her amazing story of conversion, of bei...

In the inaugural episode of the She Rises podcast, Rachel Rhien Tucker welcomes her friend Jennie Moss to discuss faith, vulnerability, and the power of rising through trials. Jennie shares her personal journey of healing and the profound impact of her relationship with Jesus Christ. The conversation explores how to hear divine guidance in everyday life, the importance of vulnerability, and the be...

Welcome to the She Rises podcast with Rachel Clare. This is a place for women who are ready to rise into their God-given identity, gifts, and purpose. In this episode, I give a brief intro into the podcast and the things that God has put on my heart. This season, we will occasionally hear from women I love and admire who are examples of rising with the Savior. You can find me over at @simplyrachel...