The Comeback Couch

It’s the 50th episode of The Comeback Couch!! Listen to the solo episode from Kaitlin as she rounds out the spring season and prepares for a summer break before returning for the fall. She chats about how we come back from beating ourselves up and instead living lives of grace and humility.  This episode is your permission slip to stop striving for perfection and then punishing yourself when you d...

Kaitlin + Shannon talk all things motherhood, overwhelm, and habits to help alleviate the constant stress most moms feel.  Whether you’re a mom of littles, a seasoned mama, or a soon-to-be mom, this episode gives you practical tools to help you navigate fighting the defeat you might feel and putting small, simple processes in place that allow you to be more present, more productive, and more playf...

In preparation of Mother’s Day 2024, Kaitlin invites her husband, Caleb, on the show to interview her about motherhood, talk about parenting two kids together, and ask her the questions that you guys sent in on Instagram! There are plenty of laughs in this episode, but Kaitlin and Caleb also discuss what it looks like to disciple their sons, what they have learned about God and their faith through...

o launch a series of motherhood-centric comeback stories, Kaitlin talks with her best friend Hannah as she navigates her journey with infertility and IVF.  Whether you have experienced infertility, you are currently walking through that season, or you are holding a friend’s hand through the ups and downs, this episode sheds light on so many important issues and revelations for women waiting to bec...

Kaitlin chats with Audrey Meadows about walking through grief as a friend and advocate. They discuss The Holy Spirit as an advocate, why it matters to walk through difficult times with other people even if you can’t directly sympathize with them in their specific pain, and how we can practically show up for a grieving friend today.  This conversation goes deep fast and will convict and encourage y...

As we continue our series on grief, Kaitlin talks with Lisa Appelo, author, speaker, mother of seven, and now a widowed, single mom. They talk about how to grieve with God and what a comeback story looks like once your love story with your spouse has ended. Lisa Appelo went to bed married one night and woke up a widow and single mom to seven children the next morning. Her story of navigating raw,...

Grief is a difficult topic to discuss and a complicated feeling to navigate. In the first installment in a series on grief, Kaitlin talks with Courtney Mount, who lost her three-year-old daughter Millie to Neuroblastoma Cancer in 2020.  Courtney is the mother of 8 living children and created Millie’s Miracle after her youngest daughter passed away. Courtney has written several books about her daug...

In this Holy Week episode, you’ll hear a quick word of encouragement from Kaitlin about what it takes to keep coming back and why we have it in us to refuse to quit.  Because of the greatest comeback of all time, we are equipped to persevere. Don’t give up on The Gospel because Jesus hasn’t given up on you. For more encouragement from Kaitlin: Follow her on Instagram Get weekly emails here Follow...

two sisters who are part of a counseling practice in Huntsville, Alabama. Leah and Lindsay explain the effects of church hurt on mental health for both church attendees and church staff. They serve several pastors and church employees in addition to those who attend or have walked away from the church. If you have suffered spiritual injury in any way, this episode will bring you comfort and encour...

Kaitlin chats with full-time wife, mom, attorney, and part-time youth minister Jaz Plyant in the first episode of the Mental Health series. Jaz shares about her difficult struggles with infertility as well as a traumatic and complicated birth and postpartum journey.  Jaz references a mental breakdown she had after graduating college and looking for a job in the midst of the 2020 pandemic. Kaitlin...

Learning to like yourself feels like a lost art for a generation that has whiplash from being told to sit down and shrink back and then to love yourself more than anything. Kaitlin talks with Jeanette Tapley (The Comeback Couch podcast editor - how fun!!) about what it looks like to really like who God made you to be – not who you wish He would have made you to be.  They also talk about Taylor Swi...

Ashley Morgan Jackson is an author, speaker, and social media expert. She works full-time for Proverbs 31 Ministries and has ministered to her own online community for over ten years. She is passionate about women learning to let go of the lie that they have to perform for God’s love and instead realizing they can receive His love, just as they are. Ashley is a wife of fourteen years to her wonder...

On this special Galentine’s Day episode, Kaitlin continues the Gospel-centered self-love conversation with her personal trainer and friend, Cameron Iversen.  Cam and Kaitlin talk about body image, exercise, and Cam reveals something crazy about her past work! Hint: Washington D.C.  Kaitlin gets really vulnerable about struggles she had in the past centered around eating and exercise, especially wh...

Shame started in The Garden, but it has no place in God’s Kingdom. This conversation between Kaitlin and Mariela Rosario of She Speaks Fire Co. will revive your fire for Jesus and remind you of the work Jesus did to rid us of shame and guilt. This episode continues our self-love conversation as we learn how to come back from the ways of the world and love our selves according to the way of The Wor...

The Comeback Couch is back for another season! We’re doing things a little differently this season with some themed series, but we’re keeping the main thing the main thing and that’s finding Jesus in our stories and realizing our comebacks are ultimately because of Him coming back from death and grave.  This season, we’ll be talking to some therapists, single moms navigating grief, friends of mine...

Join Kaitlin as she faces her fear of reflection and recaps the first year of The Comeback Couch! She talks about some of the most-loved episodes, some of her favorites to record, and if you listen to the end, you’ll hear from the most adorable guest of the season! This is the final episode of 2023 and Kaitlin talks about exciting plans for 2024! For more encouragement from Kaitlin: Follow her on...

In this solo episode with Kaitlin, she talks about coming back from the flu the week before Christmas and what she learned about her mind and body when she was forced to rest both. Kaitlin shares a glimpse into a recent therapy session where her counselor proposed a bare minimum challenge that is helping Kaitlin reprioritize sleep and rest so she can live more abundantly. For more encouragement fr...

Caroline Lunne is best-known for her social media campaign and hashtag #likelife on Instagram. She is also the mastermind behind the title of this podcast, The Comeback Couch! Caroline has a gift of empathizing with people in their difficult situations while simultaneously encouraging them to like the life they have and find the joy in the mundane. Whether she’s renovating a home or building a mar...

*Trigger warning: This episode does include conversations about infant loss. It’s no secret we live more distracted lives than ever in 2023, and we have a calling as believers, mothers, sisters, daughters, friends, and co-workers to ditch the distractions and engage with God and the people around us. Katie Westenberg is the author of I Choose Brave and, most recently, And Then She Remembered: How...

In one of Kaitlin’s favorite solo episodes to date, she talks about the mentality of waiting for the other shoe to drop and how we can fight it as believers. If you long to kick the bad habit of being a bad news girl and be a good news girl because of THE Good News, this episode is for you. Kaitlin gets down to the root of our anxiety and worry issues and doesn’t sugar coat it one bit.  This is on...

This conversation brings the fire. It reminds you what it means to passionately serve God and His Kingdom!  Lyndsie doesn’t hold back in calling Christians up to the challenge of sharing The Gospel and living in a way that produces fruit and evidence of a life committed to Jesus. She shares about why we have to stop tiptoeing into hell to save the lost and gives us practical ways to run instead. H...

Kaitlin covers a wide array of comebacks with author and speaker Amy Lively. They discuss her latest book, Can I Borrow a Cup of Hope: How to Find Faith for Hard Times in Peter 1, which features four devastating yet encouraging stories of women who held onto hope when they could have given up.  Amy and Kaitlin talk about how hearing the stories of those around us keeps us going when times get toug...

When Kaitlin worked as a news reporter, she met Taylor Hulsey after her son was in a horrific car accident with her mother that left him paralyzed from the neck down. Taylor and her husband were also caring for their newborn son at the time of the life-altering wreck. In this episode, Taylor shares her story of coming back from living out a mother’s worst nightmare and what life looks like for her...

Kaitlin goes deep with Dr. Nathan Lewis, a husband, father, Jesus-follower and Chiropractor in Cullman, AL. He started his own practice that has become the fastest growing chiropractic office in the country.  While most of his life has looked picture-perfect on the outside, he has battled a difficult home-life, the recent loss of his mother, and mental health issues that led to a mental breakdown...

Hear from Kaitlin as she returns from her maternity leave and launches Season 3 of the show! Kaitlin talks about the hard and the beautiful parts of mothering two boys while making time for work and ministry. She also gives you the rundown of what you can expect this season and what her heart behind this show really is.   For more encouragement from Kaitlin: Follow her on Instagram Head to   Subst...